Orishas is a popular Cuban hip hop group. Yotuel and Ruzzo, two Cubans who moved from Havana to Paris as part of a school exchange program, joined Roldan and Flaco-Profrom, two rappers, to form the band in 1999. Their most popular songs include "A Lo Cubano" and "537 CUBA", which features the same famous background music as "Chan Chan"[1] by Compay Segundo. Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Yotuel Omar Manzanarez Romero (born October 6, 1976) is an singer, actor and musician current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award winner Platinum album selling rap group Orishas. ... Nickname: Position of Havana in Cuba Coordinates: Country Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Founded 1515 Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Concert in 2006

The album El Kilo was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (#81). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 438 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1123 × 1536 pixel, file size: 309 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Concierto de Orishas en Leioa. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 438 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1123 × 1536 pixel, file size: 309 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Concierto de Orishas en Leioa. ... Amazon. ... See also: 2005 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2005 Record labels established in 2005 other events of 2005 list of years in music 2000s in music January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock and roll songs recorded in 1954...

Discography

• A Lo Cubano (January 2000)
• Emigrante (May 2002)
• El Kilo (March 2005)
• Antidiotico (2007)

film soundtrack: A Lo Cubano is the debut album by Orishas, a Cuban hip hop group. ... After Flaco-Pro left Orishas, this Cuban hip hop band released a follow-up to their well-received debut album A Lo Cubano, on June 11, 2002. ... El Kilo is the third album by Orishas, a Cuban hip hop group based in France. ...

• El Benny - song Soy Campesino
• Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights - song Represent, Cuba

El Benny is a Cuban film released in 2006. ...

External links

Cuba Portal

• Universal Latin Music Minisite
• Unofficial Site (spanish)
• Old Official Site
• NPR's CD review El Kilo