Got it. Who can help solve? Salvador Rodríguez (La Plata, Argentina, November 28, 1998) better known by his stage name Quimera, is a rapper, singer, songwriter, freestyler and model of the Spanish urban scene. Characterized by making emotions his main battlefield.
Early life
He was born on November 28, 1999 in one of the slums on the outskirts of Gran La Plata, specifically in the José Luis Cabezas neighborhood (mentioned in several of his songs). Son of Germán Rodríguez, who never supported his musical career, and Gilda Bianchi, to whom he dedicated his fourth mixtape Ángel en la sombra (2019). He moved to Spain at the age of 12, where he began attending freestyle competitions that propelled his musical career to the point of becoming a mass idol. In the beginning he was known as the Jester of La Plata for his characteristic tattoo on his face that he did himself when he was a boy. But when he began to stand out in competitions, they coined the name Chimera for his unique way of mixing various styles and personalities within his work. It wasn't until 2015 that he gained worldwide popularity by releasing his first mixtape called Demonios, which generated 4M views in the first week and, from then on, he just grew and grew with each song he released. He recently deleted all his content on social networks and platforms like Spotify on the occasion of his new release "What did I do?" as a marketing strategy. A content blackout like Radiohead, Kanye West or Frank Ocean did at the time.
Musical style
Under the pseudonym Chimera, she has been building a universe around his work in which nostalgia, anxiety, love, poverty, addiction and abyssal emotions are intertwined to give rise to an artist who strongly connects with an audience. young. His music has been called by many critics as emo trap due to its strong melancholic charge in his lyrics where drugs, psychotropic drugs and death are the protagonists.
Discography
Demons (2015) My Downfall (2016) Slum (2018) Angel in the Dark (2019) Fanatic (2020)