Ana Tijoux

She is the daughter of two Chilean exiles who fled Chile to France after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

Her mother is the renowned Chilean sociologist María Emilia Tijoux.

Anamaría Tijoux Merino (, ; born 12 June 1977), commonly known by her stage name Ana Tijoux or Anita Tijoux, is a Chilean-French singer and musician.

She gained more widespread recognition following her second solo album, 1977, and later with La bala (2011) and Vengo (2014) which brought her a Best Artist of the year award in the 2015 Pulsar Awards.

Tijoux is the daughter of Chilean parents living in political exile in France during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile.

Anamaría Tijoux Merino was born on 12 June 1977 in Lille, France.

In 1978, her family moved to Paris, France.

It was not until 1983 that Anamaría traveled to Chile and met her grandparents and extended family who stayed in the country despite the coup.

In 1988, Tijoux met Consuelo Vergara, who taught Tijoux how to rap and sparked Tijoux's interest in hip-hop and dance.

She became famous in Latin America as the MC of hip hop band Makiza during the late 1990s.

Tijoux moved to Chile after the return of civil power in 1993.

In 1995, influenced by the local rap group Makul in Santiago, Chile, Tijoux formed her own group called Los Gemelos with Zaturno, another rap artist.

In 1997, Tijoux became widely popular for her participation in the group Los Tetas and their first studio album release.

She and Zaturno collaborated with Seo2, Cenzi, and DJ Squat to form the group Makiza.

In 1997, the group released their first CD, Vida Salvaje, with great success even though it was an independent production.

In 1999, Makiza released "Aerolineas Makiza" on Sony Music Entertainment, who became interested in Chilean rap as a result of Tiro de Gracia, a bestselling Chilean rap group.

Makiza's album included new and improved versions of songs from Vida Salvaje with two new songs, one of which was the hit single "La Rosa de los Vientos".

This album put Makiza at the top of the Latin American hip-hop market, as their style was much more evolved than other groups at the time.

The production style resembled the New York underground sound inspired by the Native Tongues, and the lyrics of Makiza lacked the overwhelming "machismo" and violence of average rap.

This helped the group receive approval from a wider population.

In 2000, Makiza covered the popular song "Somos tontos, no pesados" by Los Tres.

At the end of that year, the members of Makiza separated due to its members' desire to work on personal projects before their tour through neighboring countries.

Tijoux specified that she would be abandoning hip-hop and her music career.

In 2003, Tijoux returned to Chile and worked on musical projects with Aluzinati, a Chilean funk band.

She also recorded "Lo Que Tu Me Das" with Mexican singer Julieta Venegas for the soundtrack to the film Subterra, and appeared as a featured artist on Mexican hip-hop group Control Machete's final album Uno, Dos: Bandera.

In 2004, Makiza came back together and announced a tour to promote the re-release of Vida Salvaje, which was remastered and in CD format.

Tijoux and Seo2, the only musically active remaining members of the group, decided to reunite the band and work on new material.

The group released its third album in 2005, Casino Royale, under the independent label Bizarre Records.

The album involved various producers, rather than one producer like previous albums released, and involved a third Chilean MC, Sonido Ácido.

During this time, Tijoux also voiced "Nea" in the animated series Pulentos.

In 2006, she crossed over to the mainstream of Latin pop after her collaboration with Mexican singer Julieta Venegas in the radio hit "Eres para mí".

Tijoux has often been praised for "exploring sensitive matters devoid of violence."

In 2006, the group broke up permanently due to differences in beliefs about musical production and direction.

In November 2006, Tijoux released her first single "Ya no fue" and debuted as a solo artist.

Due to problems with "La Oreja" record label, her first album which was produced by Erasmo de la Parra and Camilo Salinas was never released.

In January 2007, Tijoux collaborated again with Julieta Venegas on her song "Eres para mi" from her album Limón y sal.

The two artists achieved major success in Latin America.

In September 2007, Tijoux released her first solo album under the independent label Oveja Negra, founded by the Sociedad Chilena del Derecho.

The album was titled Kaos, and its first single, "Despabilate", was well accepted by the Chilean public and nominated at the Latino MTV Video Music Awards under the categories Best New Artist and Best Urban Artist.

She was also nominated for Song of the Year with Julieta Venegas for their collaboration "Eres Para Mi".