Planet Hemp / Gaby Amarantos / Emicida / DJ Sets by Greg Caz

Planet Hemp first hit the scene in 1993 when Marcelo D2 and Skunk, founding members, joined together to become a rap duo in Brazil. Soon they were joined by musicians Rafael, Bacalhau and Formigão which fused the groups rap origin with a little bit of rock, psychedelia, and hardcore. The death of band member Skunk in 1994 lead to a temporary dissolution of the group, though he was replaced by Bê Negão. 

Born and raised in Brazil, Gabriela Amaranto (Gaby) is the "Tecnobrega" queen. Technobrega fuses together Techno music with brega, which referes to "tacky" and cheesy romantic music.  Paul Lester fromThe Guardian describes Amaranto’s sound: "Her music sounds…like a mashup of 90s Euro rave, Cumbia, and the kind of Hispanic Electro-Pop you hear in discos on holiday when you’re out of your mind on budget cocktails."

Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brasil, Emicida began his career in 2006 when he sang his first rhymes at freestyle battles and underground parties throughout the city and has since solidified his position in the Brazilian Hip-Hop world, winning the 2011 "Act of the Year" award, from the MTV Video Music Brazil Awards. 

DJ Greg Caz, best known as one half of the Brazilian Beat Brooklyn team, is a New York City-based DJ with a wide eclectic range. Although best known for the Brazilian music expertise which fueled his weekly Sunday night party at Brooklyn’s defunct Black Betty for 8 years and continues to rock Nublu in the East Village alongside Forró In The Dark, DJ Greg Cruz also plays the full gamut of rare grooves, Funk, R&B, Jazz, Rock, Psych, Reggae & Rock Steady, Latin & boogaloo, Cuban, loungy soundtrack music, sunshine pop and soft-psych and much more.

This event is free, and part of SummerStage's "This is _ Hip-Hop" series. Fickets are first come, first served.

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