People galvanized by Mexican rapper Niña Dioz are already coining her as “Mexico’s answer to M.I.A.” (although the same was said back in 2006 about a tiny, side ponytail-sporting Brit by the name of Lady Sovereign).
Niña Dioz delivers a fluidity that will get your head bobbing and the beats of her band MoodFu will keep people’s hands in the air. Her current status as breakthrough female rapper is held firmly in Mexico, but international stardom could be on its way. Until then, she should be spared being shoved into a genre no one can truly define. And last I checked, M.I.A. was playing the Grammys pregnant and Lady Sovereign was being called a “cunt” by Perez Hilton at SXSW, so let’s give Niña Dioz some time to infiltrate North America’s mainstream. Here’s the story on Ms. Dioz. Her 2007 EP “Marcapasos” is available online.
SXSW: Nina Dioz’s fiery debut in the U.S. [via LA Times]
Official Website [via Myspace]
Image [via Gloria Isabel Rivera]
Sounds more like Actitud Maria Marta to me. All three are not allowed anywhere near my ipod.
I just downloaded the EP. I sent it to you and the rest of the Flytunes peeps.
[...] not the only song on the upcoming soundtrack for the Winter comedy. Mexican Institute of Sound, Nina Dioz and Juana Molina are just a few of the acts performing on the digital May 19, 2009 release (June 9, [...]