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Manu Chao
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Born
June 21
,
1961
·
Paris, France
Birth name
José Manuel Arturo Tomás Chao
Height
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Mini Bio
Manu Chao was born on June 21, 1961 in Paris, France. He is a music artist and actor, known for
Blood Father (2016)
,
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
and
Princesses (2005)
.
Trademarks
Mixes Spanish, English, French and Portuguese words in his lyrics.
Poliglotism.
Known by his wide range of music generes and styles he can perform.
Trivia
Chao's mother, Felisa Ortega, is from Bilbao, Basque Country, and his father, writer and journalist Ramón Chao, is from Vilalba, Galicia.
Son of
Ramón Chao
and brother of French journalist Antoine Chao.
He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek and occasionally in other languages.
With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe.
Chao's lyrics provoke his audience to think about immigration, love, living in ghettos, drugs, and often carry a left-wing message.
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