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CHAKAL
Born in Caracas Venezuela in 1978and raised there until he moved to Switzerland in 1994.

Started Rapping in 3 LANGUAGES(Spanish, French & English/Patois) at the age of 16 in 1996 and joined aband called LOS DE LA SALSA, this was one of the founder bands in Swiss Hip Hopand he made his first productions (made 45inches singles) starting in 1999. He producedand issued his first Album "Rap Desperados" in 2002 and it was asuccess, both musically and economically. This established him as one of thefounders of Swiss Hip Hop.

He started working in his solocarrier and made his first solo album: PA’MI GENTE in 2004. This album contained a song that became a classic:"Rapero Desperado" and was also a success.

He started singing in all types of venuesfrom underground scenes to the biggest and more recognized festivals inSwitzerland such as PALEO and Montreux Jazz Festivals.

He started mixing, working andcollaborating with the most recognized artists from various parts of the world suchas Juju (The Beatnuts) Havoc (Mobb deep) Ramallah Underground, Stress (fromSwitzerland) and Alozade (from Jamaica) and in 2006 he produces and drops hissecond solo album entitled : CHAKAL &CO. That same year he went to Venezuela and meet and worked with the bestartists from the local scene. He made a song called "El Momento"talking about the political situation and he became politically involved andimportant to the point he got death threats from armed militias from thechavist regime.

After that he went all over theworld and sang in Latin America, Europe, Africa and in the USA. He went on manyroads until 2009 when he participated in the making of an European pop bandcalled "Guarana Goal" but this only worked for a year and he cameback to his solo career in 2010. He has since worked with many Recognizedartists from Latin America, the US and Europe and his third album: THE LOST FILES which was released by theend of 2012.

Chakal Raps in 3 languages FRENCH,SPANISH and to a lesser extent english and he explores many different styles ofmusic and inspirations. While remaining a Hip Hop genre type artist, he isstill very open minded. Chakal can make a hardcore hiphop single as much as atraditional easy going

music. From dancehall to rap to latino and back,Chakal is has a long experience in production, logistics, composition andcommunications.
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