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Qwote is a
Haitian American Haitian Americans (french: Haïtiens-Américains; ht, ayisyen ameriken) are a group of Americans of full or partial Haitian origin or descent. The largest proportion of Haitians in the United States live in Little Haiti to the South Florida area ...
singer, rapper, and songwriter.


Career

Qwote was born in Haiti and was raised by his grandmother in the United States. He started to write music at age 12. Residing at various times in
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,
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, he later on moved to
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, where he found his niche in the Miami clubs. He had his first big break appearing on rap artist
Trina Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978), known professionally as Trina, is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in 1998 with her appearance on the Trick Daddy single "Nann Nigga". Trina has been described by '' XXL'' as "the most ...
's 2008 album ''
Still da Baddest ''Still Da Baddest'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper Trina. It was released on April 1, 2008, by Slip-n-Slide, EMI and DP Entertainment. The album was preceded by the lead single, " Single Again" on November 6, 2007. Following the p ...
'' on the song "Phone Sexx". He was featured alongside
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on a minor hit in Austria called "Superstar" by
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. His 2009 song "Don't Wanna Fight" featuring Trina became a hit in New Zealand. He recorded a rearranged version of the same song with
Shaggy Shaggy may refer to: People *Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer *Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse *Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspora ...
and a second one with Pitbull. He also recorded "Shawty It's Your Booty". In 2011, Qwote recorded a version of
Lucenzo Luís Filipe Fraga Oliveira (; born 27 May 1983), better known by his stage name Lucenzo (), is a Portuguese–French reggaeton recording artist and record producer. His parents emigrated to France, from Portugal. Lucenzo, when began his singing ...
's "
Vem Dançar Kuduro "Vem Dançar Kuduro" (, en, Come Dance Kuduro) is a multilingual Portuguese/English dance hit single by Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin featuring France-based American artist Big Ali. Lucenzo sings in Portuguese and Big Ali in ...
" titled "
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". This version is credited to Qwote featuring
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and Lucenzo. It entered the
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straight in at No. 13 in its first week of release.


Discography


Mixtapes


Singles


As lead artist


As featured artist


Other charted songs


References


External links


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Living people 21st-century Haitian male singers 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singers Haitian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-singer-stub