Diamondog

Diamondog ( born August 23, 1980 in Luanda, Angola as Diamantino Edgar Capacassa Feijó ) is an Angolan rapper, who currently lives in Berlin. His music style is characterized as a political and Conscious Rap. Diamondog is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and has a master 's degree in " Visual Media and anthropology " of the Freie Universität Berlin.

Biography

Diamondog is rapper since 1998 and had the first contact with the hip -hop culture at the age of 16 years while he completed a course in journalism at the Institute of Economics in Luanda ( IMEL ). Influenced by friends and colleagues to join Diamondog soon developed from the listener to the Master of Ceremony (MC).

Diamondog was already on tour in Barcelona ( Spain), Porto, Braga, Gaia and Matosinhos in Portugal and has given concerts in Krakow, Poland and in Brazilian cities like Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and Curitiba as well as various German cities carried out, including in cooperation with Afrika Bambaataa, Marcelo D2, Thaide Dual Thaide and DJ Hum, Tianastacia, Wilson Sidereal, Leandro Ferrari, Marku Ribas, Black Sonora, Tambolele, Dj Primo, Olodum Creative School, Shameema - Godessa ( South Africa) and many others.

Diamondog has participated in various concerts and festivals, which include include: Revolution Carnival; Pop Rock Brazil Festival 2004 in collaboration with Marcelo D2 and DJ Primo before more than 25,000 spectators in the " Independence" stadium in Belo Horizonte ( Brazil); Eletronika Festival in Belo Horizonte; Black Arts Festival at the invitation of Afrika Bambaataa, with whom he has shared the stage twice, each in Brazil and Berlin ( Germany ); FILE (International Festival of Electronic Language); Bread & Butter in Barcelona; Coca Cola Music Festival; Fete de la Musique in Berlin in 2008, 2009 and 2010; Carnival of Cultures 2009; Wolfsburg Festival, among others,

Musical development (chronological)

1998: The first steps

Together with the Angolan rapper MC Kamba, who now lives in Spain, Diamondog founded a rap duo in the past. Diamondog wrote his first song at the time and called him "If you want to be happy". The song was released for the first time in a defunct hip-hop program on radio station FM Express by radio host Luis Moises and at that time was to those most in the Angolan capital, heard radio programs.

1999-2000: Political Asylum ( Brazil) and Clandestino

Due to the civil war in Angola, which already lasted 24 years up to that point, moved Diamondog to Brazil, where he was granted political asylum. Shortly after his arrival in Brazil he met Alexandre Lopes Muzzillo, known as DJ Primo, Jonathan o Gralha and Bill, who founded the group and Blackout by immersing himself in the hip- hop scene in Curitiba, Brazil. In Curitiba lived Diamondog after his arrival in Brazil. In 2000 he was invited by the rapper Maskot from Curitiba, to participate in a musical collaboration. Diamondog participated in this way the first time musically in Brazil with a song that was produced by DJ Primo and where there is also the rapper Fresh Tio involved from the rap group SP radio with a feature. In the same year Diamondog founded together with the Brazilian rapper Jazzrell aka Mic Forte the duo " Clandestino ", meaning " united by a common fate of family " means.

2004: A tribute to our nations

Published in 2004, the duo Clandestino an independent album, " A tribute to our nations " entitled. The CD is characterized by the participation of several artists of different origins, such as Cubanito (Havana, Cuba ), Kunkalopi (Cape Verde), Kaio Estrao (USA), Eddie toaster and Rena Angel from Brazil. The songs deal with social issues and spread messages of peace. Especially the title " hands where reigns a pin " and " Spread Peace" are mentioned.

2005-2006: "Food to eat" with Compadres

2005 Diamondog involved musically on the CD " food to eat" ( Comida de comer ), a philanthropic album of Pode Nastasia, which is also of musicians and groups such as Uakti, Marina Machado (Milton Nascimento - Backing Vocal), Glauco Nastasia among others was organized and supported.

The following year Diamondog was invited by the musician Leandro Ferrari to participate in the project " Compadres ". Diamondog participated in three tracks, one of which was recorded in collaboration with his partner, the rapper Cubanito.

2007: Arrebite / Documentary / Weltfriedensdienst and input junkies

In 2007 Diamondog was invited by the Brazilian producer Raul Costa and Rafael Ferreira Costa, as MC to participate in the recording of a record called " Arrebite " (also the name of the group). The LP is distributed in Germany by Phantanoise Records and Juno Records, Alphacut Records and Sbmonline. Same time, three tracks were in the British magazine " XLR8R ", which is specialized in electronic music, published on their website and presented.

Diamondog was the same year by the director Marcelo Trotta ( " City of God " ) invited to participate in the documentary " Beyond Oil and Coffee Diamonds". In various festivals, the documentary was excellent, for example, he was awarded the prize for best director at the Festival of Pernambuco and was awarded at the festival of the Human Rights Commission of Sao Paulo.

Mid-2007 Diamondog moved to Berlin. There he was at the invitation of the German NGO Weltfriedensdienst eV (Service for World Peace ) workshops in Poland and Germany for young people, where it came to conflict transformation through Hip Hop.

In 2007, Diamondog part of the project "Input junkies " and has worked with the South African rapper Shameema of the group Godessa recorded the song " International Monkey Business " in the ironic way the ignorance of many Westerners is portrayed on the African continent.

2008: Malucofonia

The song " Eu Quero uma dama" ( "I want a lady "), which was written in black women than of Diamondog Home Stevenage, will be published in 2008 by the label Acla on the CD " Malucofonia ".

2009: Volkswagen Sound Foundation and Nomadic Wax

Diamondog and his band - DJ Werd ( scratches ), Steffen Scholz (keyboards), Lars Rüetschi (guitar ), Stefan Fuhr (bass ), Daniel Allen ( trumpet) and Jan Pfennig ( drums) - are promoted as artists of the Volkswagen Sound Foundation. In addition to the various artistic incentives they receive a mini bus for trips over a period of one year.

At the invitation of the American label Nomadic Wax takes Diamondog together with DJ Werd the song ' Alexis Sinduhije needs freedom "to promote the release of the journalist Alexis Sinduhije in Burundi, dubbed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2008 been.

2010: Hip Hop Evolution and Coptic

In spring 2010, Diamondog BBC on a map, in which the Hip Hop Evolution is portrayed in the world, known as the representative of Angola. Diamondog interpreted also collaborating with Lady Daisey, a U.S. R & B and soul singer, Adam Wassrin, a Swedish rapper and LMNZ, a producer and rapper, the song "Time and Money" about corruption and greed of the people who live with chronic poverty are facing. The song was produced by the German rapper and producer LMNZ and published in 2010 on the compilation " Worldwide Rap ".

In 2010 Diamondog has confirmed his participation in an album that is produced by Coptic. Coptic has already productions for rappers such as Notorious BIG, P. Diddy, KRS One, Buckshot, G - Dep, Jermaine Dupri, among others made. The album will be called " Close to my Roots".

Currently Diamondog working on his first solo album, which "Never Muzzled " is hot. The album will probably be written in English.

Discography, compilations and collaborations

• Clandestino - To Tributo às Nossas Naçoes 2004
• Cole Tania - Comida de Como 2005
• Input - Junkies 2007
• Arrebite 2007
• Malucofonia 2008
• Mixtape - Democracy in Burundi in 2008
• Gimme my Microphone Check 2009
• LMNZ - Worldwide Rap 2010