Qwote is a Haitian American singer, rapper, and songwriter.

Career

Qwote was born in Haiti and was raised by his grandmother in the United States. He started to write music at age 12. Residing at various times in Long Island,

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, he later on moved to

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, where he found his niche in the Miami clubs. He had his first big break appearing on rap artist

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's 2008 album ''

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'' on the song "Phone Sexx". He was featured alongside

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on a minor hit in Austria called "Superstar" by Jump Smokers. His 2009 song "Don't Wanna Fight" featuring Trina became a hit in New Zealand. He recorded a rearranged version of the same song with Shaggy and a second one with Pitbull. He also recorded "Shawty It's Your Booty". In 2011, Qwote recorded a version of

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's " Vem Dançar Kuduro" titled " Throw Your Hands Up (Dançar Kuduro)". This version is credited to Qwote featuring

and Lucenzo. It entered the

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straight in at No. 13 in its first week of release.

Discography

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

References

External links

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Living people 21st-century Haitian male singers 21st-century American male singers 21st-century American singers Haitian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-singer-stub