Polimá Ngangu Eduardo Miguel Orellana (born August 29, 1997), known professionally as Polimá Westcoast, is a Chilean rapper and singer. His musical style is defined as
Latin trap
Latin trap is a subgenre of trap music that originated in Puerto Rico. A direct descendant of southern hip hop, and influenced by reggaeton, it gained popularity after 2007, and has since spread throughout Latin America. ''The trap'' is slang f ...
and
reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.
It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, ...
.
He is one of the better known figures of the Chilean urban music scene that emerged in the mid-2010s.
[ He had his first underground hit with the song "Brokeboi" in 2018.] In 2019 Polimá Westcoast presented a show at Lollapalooza Chile
Lollapalooza Chile is the Chile-based version of the popular music festival Lollapalooza (). It is held in Santiago, Chile.
History
The annual festival launched in April 2011 in Santiago’s O'Higgins Park and features alternative rock, heav ...
and toured the country soon after.[
In 2022 he released the single "Ultra Solo"] which charted #1 in the Chilean ''Billboard'' list by late June.
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1997 births
Chilean people of African descent
Chilean rappers
Latin trap musicians
Living people
Reggaeton musicians
Spanish-language singers