Kamau (musician)

Kamau (right)

Kamau (which means "silent warrior" in a Kenyan dialect) is the stage name of Marcus Vinícius Silva (born March 1, 1976 in São Paulo ), a Brazilian rapper , mathematician and former professional skateboarder.

Career

Kamau began rhyming in 1997 in the now disbanded group Consequência , together with rappers Sagat and DJ Ajamu. He quickly gained public and media recognition with the release of the formation's only work, the 2002 EP “Prólogo”. This disc made him known within the rap scene as a very versatile MC capable of improvisation . Numerous artists participated on “Prólogo”, such as Thaíde & DJ Hum, SP Funk, KL Jay, Instituto and Academia Brasileira de Rimas , another band in which Kamau worked together with Max BO, Paulo Napoli and Akin.

After various projects, Kamau released the mixtape "Sinopse" in 2005 , which was mixed by DJ Willian. The highlight of this album is the piece “Poesia do Concreto” ( Poetry of Concrete ), which was highly praised throughout Brazil and Kamau received the Prêmio Hutúz , the Brazilian hip-hop award, as “Song of the Year” (“ Música do Ano “) Brought in. Also in 2008 Kamau's first solo album came out under the title Non Ducor Duco , the Latin motto on the city arms of São Paulo, which means “I am not led, I lead”. He also took part in the Video Music Brasil 2009 in the "Rap" category, but the award ultimately went to MV Bill . The same happened with the Video Music Brasil 2010 , where the same two protagonists again divided the places among themselves in this way.

Kamau (2008)

Discography

• Prólogo (2002) (with Consequência )
• Sinopse (2005)
• Non Ducor Duco (2008)
• Entre (2012)

Web links

• Kamau on Myspace
• Kamau at Blogger.com
• Kamau at Last.fm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ESPN , Sidney Arakaki: Marcus Vinícius, o MC Kamau  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.