Boogát is a second generation Latin-American immigrant musician born in

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'', May 5, 2015. with roots in Mexico and Paraguay. His style blends

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with

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styles such as

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and

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. He won the

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for his album ''Neo-Reconquista'' at the

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and the ADISQ Awards for World Music album of 2016. Boogát was raised in the south part of Beauport, nicknamed Beauport Beach. He moved to Montreal in 2001 where his career took off, producing for other artists and touring in a dozen of countries."Boogat, le Latino-Québécois qui trace son propre chemin"
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'', February 9, 2013. In 2015 he stayed in CDMX for a year to work with producer Andrés Oddone. Moving back to Canada in 2016, he established himself in the village of Eastman, Québec; in the heart of the

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near the

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border where he co-opened a creative space called La Mésanine. Performing initially in French, Boogat switched to Spanish after playing with several bands of other genres that always asked him to do it in the language of Cervantes. He released his first full-length Spanish album ''El Dorado Sunset'' in 2013, collaborating with Lido Pimienta, Karim de Syncop, Chele, Madhi, Schlachthofbronx, El Kool Kyle, Kid Koala, Poirier and Radio Radio. The album won two

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for Best World Music Album and Producer of the Year at ADISQ 2013 plus a GAMIQ award for Best World Music Album. ''Neo-Reconquista'', which includes collaborations with La Yegros, Sonido Pesado and

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, was released in 2015."Boogat: Neo-Reconquista"
''

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'', May 5, 2015.

gave the album an 8/10, noting that Boogat has "long moved past being known simply as a "Spanish-language rapper from Quebec" and who has committed to a more textured artistic evolution and genre-agnostic growth". In 2017, ''San Cristóbal Baile Inn'', an album recorded and produced in Mexico which includes collaborations with Frikstailers, Miss Bolivia, Niña Dioz, and Lemon Bucket Orkestra, was released. ''El Gato y Los Rumberos'', an acoustic EP recorded in Eastman by Boogát and inspired by the Latino Big Bands era of the 1920s to the 1950s, was released in 2020.

gave the EP a 9/10. Del Horizonte was released in 2024, produced by Boogát, featuring the work of Okan, Mateus Vidal, Mestre Pato, Maï, Diogo Ramos, Waahli, Shub, El Dusty and Ahmed Moneka. Le Devoir gave the album four stars In 2025, Les Sessions Kanasuta was released as a short collaborative EP with the work of Onha, Alice Vande Voorde, Marceau Simon. The EP was made during a creative retreat at the Kanasuta Lake in Abitibi Témiscamingue.

Discography

Albums *''Del Horizonte'' (2024) *''San Cristóbal Baile Inn'' (2017) *''Neo-Reconquista'' (2015) *''El Dorado Sunset'' (2013) EPs and singles * ''Les Session Kanasuta'' EP (2025) * ''Entre Nous'' w/ Jenny Salgado, Montana (2022) * ''Promesa de Venganza'' w/ Tomi Sheep (2022) * ''El Gato y Los Rumberos'' ''EP'' (2020) * ''Mezcalero Feliz EP'' (2017) * ''Aquí EP'' (2017) * ''Eres Una Bomba EP'' (2017) * ''Moviembre'' w/ G-Flux (2012) * ''Pura Vida EP'' (2011) * Esa Mujer (2011) Mixtapes & Compilations * ''Sunset Remixes'' (2014) * ''Esperanto Sound System'' (2011) * ''Que Pegue Duro y Violento'' (2010) Music Videos * ''Todo Saldrá Bien'' (2025) * ''+ Que 1 Chingx'' (2024) * ''Siempre Bailo'' (2024) * ''Eres Una Bomba'' (2017) * ''Mezcalero Feliz'' (2017) * ''Me Muero Por Ti'' (2015) * ''Eres Hecha Para Mi'' (2013) * ''Moviembre'' (2012) * ''Esa Mujer'' (2011) Remixes X Boogát * ''Cabasa'' for Diogo Ramos (2025) * ''Tout de toi'' for Bermuda (2024) * ''Beach Bodé'' for Bermuda (2024) * ''Still Got The Spirit'' for Bye Parula (2023) * ''Tite Puff de Love'' for Bermuda (2023) * ''Las Lunas'' for Bial H Clap (2022) * ''Flores en la Arena'' for Montañera (2021) * ''Café com Leite'' ft. Flavia Coelho for Poirier Production X Boogát * ''Ave Maria'' X Georgette (2025) * ''Deja Fluir'' X Edith Swundy (2025) * ''Kouri'' X Waahli (2025) * ''Y Si Se Acaba El Mundo'' X Maï (2025) * ''Enfants Fauves LP'' X Funk Lion (2024) * ''Tiempo'' X Maï (2024) * ''Blackman Samba'' X Wesli (2024) * ''Après la Pluie'' X Alfa Rococo ft. Ramon Chicharron (2023) * ''Ideas in Mind'' X Aroe Phoenix (2023) * ''El Paseo Del Alma EP'' X Chellz (2022) * ''Soap Box LP'' X Waahli (2022) * ''Raro Efeito EP'' X Diogo Ramos (2021) * ''Todo Revuelto LP'' X Sonido Pesao (2020) * ''Soap Opera EP'' X Waahli (2020) * ''Pescador de Sueños LP'' X Ramon Chicharron (2020) Albums as BØØG4T (in French) *''Rmx Volume 1'' (2008) *''Patte de salamandre'' (2006) *''Triste et belles histoires'' (2004) EPs and Singles as BØØG4T (in French) * ''Madernité'' w/ Bermuda (2023) Videos as BØØG4T (in French) *''Le Feu'' ft. Karim Ouellet, Accrophone, Les 2 Tom, KNLO (2006) *''Nebuloso'' (2005) *''À la Vie'' ft. Accrophone (2004)

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* {{Authority control 21st-century Canadian rappers Canadian world music musicians Musicians from Quebec City Canadian people of Mexican descent Canadian people of Paraguayan descent French-language singers of Canada Spanish-language singers of Canada Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year winners Canadian male rappers 21st-century Canadian male musicians