Ana Tijoux is a Chilean French rapper who crossed over into Latin pop.
As a Chilean woman, her raps are notable for their lack of misogyny which is so common in rap and across the Latin world. In that sense, she is like Queen Latifah whose female positive raps shook up hip hop years ago. Tijoux is fierce. You got to like her for that.
Ana Tijoux in New York City
Ana Tijoux sings Chilean hip hop from her new album “Vida;” at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village; on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). From $35. lpr.com 🇨🇱
New York Venues
Ana Tijoux
Anamaría Tijoux Merino was born in Lille, France on June 12, 1977. Her parents were political exiles during the Pinochet dictatorship. Two generations of Chileans have been marked by Pinochet. They are wary of dictatorship, and willing to fight against it. It’s become part of the Chilean identity. A female Chilean rapper is fierce.
Ana Tijoux came up with Makiza in the late 1990s. They had some success but never got really big.
Tijoux went solo in 2006 and immediately took off. Her collaboration “Eres Para Mí” with Julieta Venegas (2007) was a Latin hit that pulled Tijoux into the Latin pop frame.
She’s been doing singles and collaborations for awhile, but returns with 2024’s “Vida.” She was featured on Jorge Drexler’s “Universos Paralelos” which won the 2014 Latin Grammy for Record of the Year.
Albums
- “Vida” (2024) was recorded in Barcelona. She is broadening her musical tastes with more urban influences. “Busco Mi Nombre” featuring iLe (Calle 13) is an ode to the disappeared during the dictatorships in Chile and Argentina. If features a monologue by one of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo who have been silently protesting for the return of their grandchildren in front of the Casa Rosada presidential residence on Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires for years.
- “Vengo” (2014) included more Andean music, folk, and jazz traditions. It earned a Grammy nomination for “Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album.”
- “La Bala” (2011) was a political protest album. It was nominated for the Latin Grammy for “Best Urban Music Album,” and the Grammy for “Best Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album.” The first single, “Shock,” has become a Chilean student protest anthem.
- “Elefant Mixtape” (2011) was a remix album.
- “1977” (2010) was a return to hip hop roots. It was titled for the year Tijoux was born. It was nominated for the Grammy for “Best Latin Rock, Urban, or Alternative Album.” The single “1977” was featured in the telenovela “Breaking Bad” and the EA Sports video games “FIFA 11” and “FIFA 23.”
- “Kaos” (2007) was Tijoux’s debut album.
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