Army Squad is a
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
group from
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. They started making hip hop music in the early 1990s. They were once part of a group called
Bue and
Heavy C is featured in many of Army Squad's songs such as "Cabeca Vazia" and "Conselho de Amigo".
Like many other Angolan rappers, Army Squad aims to raise awareness of the Angolan hip hop scene all over the world. Their music varies from love songs like "Pel Castanha" or "Conselho de Amigo" to
gangsta rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture, values, and experiences of urban gangs and street hustlers, frequently discussing unpleasant realities of the world in general th ...
like their hits "Firme" and "Cabeça Vazia".
References
External links
Info on Army Squad at africanhiphop.com Radio From Angola and free MP3
Living people
Angolan hip-hop groups
Year of birth missing (living people)
1990s establishments in Angola
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