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The Latin Kings
12+ albums
Hip-Hopswedishraphip hopswedish hiphop
about
The Latin Kings was a Swedish hiphop/rap-group founded by Douglas Léon (aka Dogge Doggelito), Rodrigo Pencheff (aka Rodde/Rigo) and Cristian Salazar Campos (aka Dj Salla) in 1991. All of the members came from Latin American countries, hence the name. Hugo Salazar Campos (aka Chepe), Salla's brother, joined the group, following Rodde parting the group and joining up with another group called Infinite Mass. The group was active between 1991 until 2005. They gained attention when they competed in Rap-SM in 1991, where they finished in 3rd place (winner was Infinite Mass) and were "discovered" by Gordon Cyrus, a music producer and owner of the label "Breakin' Bread". Latin Kings broke through in 1994 through a TV program that presented the group in parallel with Ultima Thule and thus wanted to show the polar opposites of Swedish subcultural music. Immediately after the program, there was a huge demand for both Ultima Thule's and Latin King's music. In 1994 came their debut album Välkommen till förorten. In 1995, the group under the name Los Reyes Latinos released Bienvenido a mi barrio, a Spanish-language version of Välkommen till förorten intended for the South American market, to this record Rodde returned, mainly because Dogge was not very good at Spanish. Recurring guests on the records were the toaster Daddy Boastin' and the singer Nang Shubang. After being released from an unfavorable recording contract with Warner, in the mid-1990s the group started the record label R
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