Capicua
{{Short description|Portuguese rapper}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Ana Matos Fernandes
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| birth_date = 1982
| birth_place = Porto
| origin = Portugal
| genre = Rap, Hip hop Tuga
| occupation = Rapper
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| years_active = 2006-present
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| website = {{URL|http://www.capicua.pt}}
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Ana Matos Fernandes, better known by the stage name Capicua, is a Portuguese rapper from Porto.{{cite web|url=http://www.nervos.pt/arquivo/capicua/biografia|title=Biografia|language=pt|accessdate=29 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720182843/http://nervos.pt/arquivo/capicua/biografia|archive-date=20 July 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/artes/interior/capicua-nao-peco-desculpa-por-ser-quem-sou-4504518.html|title=Capicua: "Não peço desculpa por ser quem sou cada vez que hay números iguales en la hora, se debe de tomar el trago a fon do" |accessdate=29 March 2017}}
Biography
Ana Matos Fernandes was born in Porto, Portugal and graduated in Sociology in ISCTE and got her PhD in Human Geography at Barcelona.{{cite web|url=http://visao.sapo.pt/opiniao/2018-03-22-Roda-de-Rato|title=Roda de Rato|author=|language=pt}} Nonetheless, she always wanted to make music. Her songs started to reach the mainstream media in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://jpn.up.pt/2014/06/03/capicua-uma-sereia-rapper-que-tambem-e-sociologa/|title=Capicua: Uma sereia rapper que também é socióloga|language=pt|accessdate=29 March 2017}} She began making collaborations with several artists, such as Sérgio Godinho, Sam the Kid and DJ Ride.{{cite web|url=https://blitz.sapo.pt/principal/update/sergio-godinho-convida-capicua-para-concertos-e-anuncia-mais-uma-data=f94001|title=Sérgio Godinho convida Capicua para concertos e anuncia mais uma data|author=|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sol.pt/noticia/126251/capicua-%E2%80%9Cem-medusa%E2%80%99-quis-falar-da-culpabiliza%C3%A7%C3%A3o-da-v%C3%ADtima%E2%80%9D|title=Capicua: "Em ‘Medusa’ quis falar da culpabilização da vítima"|language=pt|accessdate=29 March 2017}} Her work is strongly influenced by Portuguese poets, such as Sophia de Mello Breyner.{{cite web|url=http://www.tsf.pt/cultura/musica/interior/capicua-em-concerto-de-agua-e-sal-em-lisboa-4930294.html|title=Capicua em "Concerto de Água e Sal" em Lisboa|language=pt|accessdate=29 March 2017}}
Discography
- 2021 - Encore (Live EP)
- 2020 - Madrepérola
- 2015 - Medusa
- 2014 - Sereia Louca (LP)
- 2013 - Capicua goes West (Mixtape Vol.2)
- 2012 - Capicua (LP)
- 2008 - Capicua goes Preemo (Mixtape Vol.1)
- 2007 - Mau Feitio
- 2006- Syzygy (EP)
References
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External links
- {{URL|http://www.capicua.pt}} {{in lang|pt}}
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Category:Portuguese women rappers