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9 Afro-Colombian Artists You Should Know in Honor of Black History Month
Billboard Latin kicks off Black History Month with Afro-Colombian artists to know.
Castillo began his career with stints in various bands, most famously Grupo Niche, and then soon after enjoyed success as a solo artist thanks to his salsa ode to unrequited love, “Viene Y Se Va.” (The added exposure from his TV role on the novela El Joe, La Leyenda and his participation in Disney’s blockbuster Encanto didn’t hurt, either.) The high-tempo reggaetón bop took off in Latin America and beyond; it was famously a locker room anthem for Spanish soccer club Real Madrid, and the official video has nearly 50 million views on YouTube to date. Pablo Fortaleza, nephew of late-salsa singer Piper Pimienta — and bandmate Antombo Langangui, who arrived in Colombia by way of the Central African Republic when she was 10 — make melodic tropical hip-hop that renders language barriers irrelevant.
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