ChocQuibTown Latin American Music Awards Performers 2016

As descendants of a country with a history of slave trade, ChocQuibTown has not shied away from the subject of racism. During a 2011 interview on Al Punto Con Jorge Ramos on Univision, they shared their "frustration with the institutional racism found in Colombian media (no blacks in popular telenovelas), as well as in society in general." (Getty)