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Ricardo Lemvo

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Years active
  
1990–present

Role
  
Singer · makinaloca.com

Name
  
Ricardo Lemvo


Associated acts
  
Makina Loca

Labels
  
Mopiato Music

Record label
  
Mopiato Music


Origin
  
Los Angeles, United States

Education
  
California State University, Los Angeles

Albums
  
La Rumba SoYo, Mambo Yo Yo, Isabela, Shall We Salsa, Sao Salvador, Ay Valeria

Genres
  
Salsa music, Soukous, Kizomba

Similar People
  
Makina Loca, Africando, Мишаня Тури‑Рури, Rex Lawson, Le Grand Kalle et l'African J

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Ricardo Lemvo (born September 3, 1957) is a singer of Angolan descent who lives in Los Angeles, California. His music is a blend of African soukous, kizomba, samba and Cuban salsa.

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Lemvo grew up in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and moved to the United States at age 15 to continue his education. He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

In 1990, he formed the band Makina Loca. His first album, Tata Masamba, was released in 1996. Lemvo and Makina Loca appeared in the 1998 movie Dance With Me starring Vanessa Williams and Chayanne.

His family is from M'banza-Kongo in northern Angola. His grandfather, João Mantantu Dundulu N'lemvo, was a Baptist pastor who worked with British missionaries in the 1880s. He was also the first Angolan to translate the English Bible into Kikongo.

At the 2015 Angola Music Awards Lemvo won Music D'Ouro for the song "Curtição (A resposta)".

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Discography

  • 1996 - Tata Masamba
  • 1998 - Mambo Yo Yo (Putumayo World Music)
  • 1999 - São Salvador (Putumayo World Music)
  • 2003 - Ay Valeria!
  • 2007 - Isabela
  • 2009 - Retrospectiva
  • 2014- La Rumba SoYo
  • References

    Ricardo Lemvo Wikipedia