ChocQuibTown Latin American Music Awards Performers 2016

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Gloria and Miguel's father worked as an electrician. When their family moved to Quibdo, they became friends with Carlos Valencia. However, they moved again to the seaport of Buenaventura. After graduating from school in Buenaventura, Gloria Martinez moved to Cali (Santiago de Cali), in southwest Columbia, to study psychology at university. She also delved into the city's underground hip hop scene, where she once again met Valencia, who had become a rapper. Miguel, Carlos, and Gloria formed a band after Valencia explained his wishes to make a group that was Colombian Afro-Caribbean fusion. (Getty)