Christian Jiménez Bundó (born 2 July 1988 in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
), known professionally as Porta, is a Spanish
rapper
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...
.
Early life and education
He was born in
Sarrià, Barcelona
Sarrià () is a neighborhood in the ''Sarrià-Sant Gervasi'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its main street is Major de Sarrià.
Former municipality
Today what was the old municipality is divided into various neighborhoods and distric ...
.
Career
His lyrics have sometimes been controversial, and have been criticised by the Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (National Association of Women).
At a concert he put on in 2008 at Fórum de la Fnac in
A Coruña
A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ...
, there was fighting in the audience between his supporters and those who disliked him.
Porta won a
Neox Fan Award in 2014.
His song "Dragon Ball Rap", based on the television
anime
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series ''
Dragon Ball
is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 indi ...
'', was in 2010 the third most watched video on
YouTube
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Spain.
See also
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Spanish hip hop
Latin hip hop (also known as Latin rap) is a subgenre of Hip-hop, hip hop music that is recorded by Spanish-speaking artists in the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, and Spain.
Latin hip hop in the United States West Coas ...
References
External links
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1988 births
Spanish male rappers
Living people
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