Eddy Fort Moda Grog

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residence=Rotterdam
occupation=rapper

Eddy Fortes, better known by his stage name Eddy Fort Moda Grog, or Eddy (FMG) is a Rotterdam-based Cape-Verdean rapper, who became popular in Cape Verde the 90s, thus becoming one of the pioneers of the rap and hip hop in Cape Verdean music. His greatest success was his song "Materialista" (Portuguese for ), which samples LL Cool J's Loungin (Who Do you Luv Remix).

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In 1995 he came in contact with friend and rapper Nouba. They began to exchange ideas, and they found that they had much in common. That same year the group Cabo Funk Alliance was formed (with Eddy, Alee, Aureon, Jay B & Angel and Nouba). This goup was seen as the first controversial Cape Verdean rap group. During that same period, there were also other rap and RnB groups in the Cape Verdean scene, such as Tha Real Vibe, Quatro, and others.

Also in 1995 came the first (and only) album of Cabo Funk Alliance, "Hoje ê Kel Dia". It brought a lot of fuss for breaking the "barrier" of traditional music. [http://www.mrp-agency.com/nouba.htmlDead link|date=May 2008]

Eddy also published 2 solo albums apart from "Hoje ê Kel Dia".

Recent activity

Eddy left the top of Cape-Verdean rap/hip-hop after a few years of success, being replaced by artists and groups such as Black Side and others, but he kept rapping and producing songs.

He made a guest appearance in 2005 album "Criol na Coraçao" by the Luxembourg-based cape verdean rapper Kodé [cite web
url=http://www.sodadeonline.com/articles/templates/music.aspx?articleid=452
title=Kodé Represents with Criol Na Coraçao
author=Osvaldo dos Reis
date=July 11, 2005
publisher=SodadeOnline.com]

In June 23, 2007 he participted in the Delfshaven Festival, in the Netherlands. [cite web
url=http://www.antennerotterdam.nl/read/item/id/88400/check-hier-weer-wat-te-doen
title=Delfshaven Festival 23-06-07 Lloyd Multiplein
author=
date=
publisher=Antenne Rotterdam]

References

External links

* [http://membres.lycos.fr/cabosite95/newpage2.html Cabo Hip Hop]