LIT Killah, Tiago PZK, María Becerra, Neo Pistea, Khea and the Bizarrap They not only have in common that they are urban music stars and that their popularity increased in the long months of confinement of the pandemic. All of them were born, grew up and sucked the culture of the suburbs. That immense country of some twelve million inhabitants that surrounds the city of Buenos Aires.
being stars that consolidated during the pandemicmany of them are performing live for the first time, both in Argentina and in other countries, going on an international tour. Shows blow up, tickets sell out in the space of a few hours, and this not only shows the number of fans they have, but also the desire that the public has to meet body to body, after so long of not feeling the vibration of the music and the emotion that generates the living.
It is important to mention social networks as a work and exhibition tool for artists as well as their places of origin, to break the myth that rag pickers are all from the City of Buenos Aires, but urban music also comes from the suburbs of Buenos Aires and the provinces, because the trap is plural, federal, Argentine since social networks know no borders or neighborhoods.
Viceroys
Khea: artist and soccer fan
Ivo Alfredo Thomas Cabello (22), known as Khea, is a rapper, singer and songwriter from Virreyes, a district of San Fernando. At the age of 17 he premiered “She don’t give a fo” with Duki and that same year, he dated “Loca” (2017), together with Cazzu and Dukitopic that later Bad Bunny did a remix and it turned one of the anthems of the beginning of trap in the region.
He released his first and only studio album in 2020 -“Trapicheo (Mixtape)”- with collaborations with friends like Duki, Seven Kayne, among others. His repertoire is completed with various EPs and singles, such as some of the most recent: “Pa Co” (2022) collaboration with LIT Killah and Rusherking and their latest release “YoungFlex”well rag.
In March of this 2022, he appeared before more than 60 thousand people at Lollapalooza in Buenos Aires.
Today he participates in the football tournament of the League of streamers along with colleagues like Agus Bernasconi and Twitch stars like Markito Navaja, Facu Navaja, Coscu, Camilita, among others.
GONZALEZ CATAN
LIT Killah: fast-rhyming, double-tempo talent
Mauro Román Monzón Herrera (23), alias LIT Killah, is from González Catán, party of La Matanza. At the age of 16 he participated in the competition The Fifth Step but it was at Campito Free -in Ramos Mejía- that he shone when he was crowned champion.
His speed in improvising rhymes and his handling of double tempo was what made him stand out in different battles of freestyle. In 2019 and 2020 he was a jury of “Ghetto dreams league”in Spain, and participated in compes from other countries such as Chile and Peru.
After releasing his first single, “De$troy”, at age 17 he signed a contract with Warner Music Argentina. After several singles and collaborations, in 2018 he recorded the third Bzrp Freestyle Session. In her journey towards consecrating herself as an artist at an international level, she recorded with high-class musicians such as the Spanish Rauw Alejandro and with Argentine colleagues such as Duki, Neo Pistea, Bhavi, among others.
He released his first studio album, “MAWZ”, in 2021 and at the end of this October, he will release the second, “SnipeZ”with 13 tracks of which 5 are already known: “La Trampa es Ley”, “Ku” with De la Ghetto and L-Gante, “Bipolar” with Lil Mosey”, “La Tormenta” and his most recent hit ” Killer Bombón”, with a nod to Los Palmeras. Gonzalez Catan? Present!
GREAT MOUNTAIN
Tiago PZK: “I left for Monte until the other day”
Tiago Uriel Pacheco (21) -Tiago PZK- was born in Monte Grande, Esteban Echeverría district. He won the Battle of Masters -BDM- in 2017, the same year he participated in El Quinto Escalón, and faced nothing more and nothing less than Paulo London and Duki. Although he did not win, she managed to show his talent.
It was from 2019 that Tiago became more popular with songs like “Sola”. In 2021 he starred in the movie “Cat”with a narrative similar to “8mile” (the film that Eminen made in 2002) with the soundtrack -soundtrack- “Loco”, sung by him.
He lived for several years -and until recently- with his friends LIT Killah, FMK and Rusherking and is dating Belén Negri, a streamer and singer from Chile who lives in Argentina.
At the end of July Tiago PZK released his debut album, “Portals”, which is a journey in itself through different sounds in which he once again demonstrates his talent and versatility. Qualities that are taking him on his first national and international tour, a context for which he always feels very grateful and expresses it to his fans.
Always true to his origins, at every opportunity he gets, the GOTTI mentions great mountainas in “Salimo de noche”, a song he recorded with Trueno -with a high-production video clip- in which the city that never forgets is mentioned.
QUILMES
María Becerra: the girl from Argentina
María Becerra (22), singer and former youtuber from Quilmes, launched her career as a songwriter before the pandemic, in 2019, with the debut of her EP called “222”. Becerra established herself as an artist during the coronavirus isolation period, when the public began to listen to her songs and her popularity increased on social networks.
María is one of the best-known artists on the urban scene at an international level. She has collaborated with musicians from other countries such as J Balvin in “What else then” -song they performed in the last grammys– either “Happily ever after”, beside Prince Royceamong others.
The former youtuber has already shared the name of her next album -“La nena de Argentina”-, which will be released in the coming months. His latest song -preview of the album “Automatico”- has a high-production video clip and was very well received by the public, although the direction of Road Safety indicated that the lyrics could encourage high speeds and crashes, two of the main causes of death. in traffic accidents.
MERLO
Neo Pistea and his ‘devil mode’
Sebastián Chinellato (28), alias Neo Pistea, is one of the urban musicians from the litter of Dukiwith whom -more YSY A- formed the Threesome Devil Mode in 2018. Originally from Merlo, in the west of Greater Buenos Aires, his first approach to the urban movement was through the graffiti.
It is said that his first songs were recorded with a netbook from the Connect Equality program. Even Duki said that Neo produced and recorded himself, making trap before anyone else. In 2015 he released his first songs, such as “White chocolate”, and in 2017, his first EP, “Oro y Perfume”, with collaborations with artists such as lara91k.
In 2018 with Modo Diablo they expanded their audience with songs like “Quavo” and “Trap n’ export”. In 2019 she premiered “Tumbando el club” -remix version- together with Duki, Cazzu, Khea, Marcianos Crew, YSY A, among others, a song that became a national trap anthem. That same year she gave a show at Lollapalooza.
In 2021 presented his only album, “Punkdemia”, with collaborations with Cazzu, Dante Spinetta, Bhavi, De la Ghetto, among others. East 2022, for Neo Pistea it has been a year of pure new songs -singles format-: “3 likes” ft. Frijo y teoh, “Macumbia” ft. Los Palmeras and “OVNI” ft. Franux BB and Pekeño 77.
RAMOS MEJIA
The Bizza in the house
In his ID he appears as Gonzalo Julian Conde (24)in the networks and for the whole world is Bizarre, a benchmark on the national and international scene, famous for its freestyle productions and its sessions with Argentine artists and great world stars such as Nicky Jam or Residente. The latter caused much controversy.
Born in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza party, he has a YouTube channel that explodes in views. Behind his hat and sunglasses, he lives a creative mind that works with the number one of the urban movement. With her look that covers half of her face, she generates a mystery, a mystique that generates many question marks. But there is some information that is known about ‘El Biza’, such as the fact that she studied a degree in Marketing at UADE for a while.
It all started in 2017 with his “crazy combos” that he published on his YouTube account in which he combined different freestyle battles in squares with samples (a sample is a sample of a song or sound from which new tracks can be created). This is how he met Lit Killah, Kodigo, Ecko and other freestylers.
Some of the urban artists from Argentina who recorded BZRP Sessions are: LIT Killah, Dillom, Trueno, Tiago PZK, Nathy Peluso, L-Gante, YSY A, Seven Kayne, Cazzu, Khea, Ca7triel, Paco Amoroso, Nicki Nicole, Kiddo Toto and Bhavi. Her last session with the Spaniard Quevedo is currently the most listened to on Spotify with 557.5 million views and 311 million on YouTube.
BONUS TRACK BONAERENSE
From Necochea, FMK, an artist and poet of the sea
Enzo Sauthier (22), known as FMK, was born and raised in Necochea, but during his adolescence his music was misunderstood by his peers. From a very young age Enzo he wrote poetry and in 2010 participated in the national literary contest Leopoldo Lugones.
Meet Big One, current producer of most urban artists, was decisive for the launch of his musical career and as he defined it in an interview, the song “Forgive me” -from 2018, produced by Big One- was what started it all. After a journey of much patience and work, FMK released their first studio album last March entitled “Desde el espacio”, with 11 tracks and collaborations with their peers Nicki Nicole, Duki, LIT Killah, Tiago PZK, Rusherking, Emilia, among others. others.
He had his first massive show in the City of Buenos Aires at the Movistar Arena on April 16. As if that were not enough, FML released several singles after the release of their album: “Bandido” -with Emanero, Rusher and Estani-, “Tu Luna” -with Homer El Mero Mero and Tiago PZK-, “Antes que Salga el Sol” -ft Lola Índigo- and his latest hit, “Looking for a love”.
