Biography
La Yegros, born Mariana Yegros, works as an Argentine singer, rapper, songwriter, and recording artist based between Buenos Aires and France. Latin American and European club outlets have labeled her “The First Lady of Electro Cumbia,” yet that designation, however complimentary, fails to capture the full scope of her sound, which fuses Latin American and North African folk elements with tropical pop, reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, and chamamé into a high-energy dance style all her own.
Chamamé, the tropical regional tradition her parents carried from Misiones—a province bordering Brazil—into Buenos Aires, surrounded her from infancy. She later pursued formal training at the Conservatory of Morón in a Buenos Aires suburb. After appearing on a 1998 talent show, she committed to music professionally and assembled her first group, De Martinas, which merged folk with emerging electro-pop textures. Her initial public performance came not with the band but in an Argentine experimental theater staging of De la Guarda before an audience of 15,000.
Her recording career began in 2003 when she contributed to producer and composer Gaby Kerpel’s (aka King Coya) album Carnabailito, released worldwide by Warner Bros. She soon became Kerpel’s principal collaborator; together they formed Terraplén and delivered a self-titled album on Universal in 2010, produced by fellow Argentine Gustavo Santaolalla. The group built its following through Buenos Aires club dates, blending broad stylistic reach with relentless grooves before eventually developing into La Yegros.
Her King Coya-produced debut, Viene de Mi, appeared on ZZX in 2013 and quickly gained traction across international radio and club circuits, prompting extensive tours throughout Latin America, Europe, North Africa, Mexico, and the United States in both clubs and large festivals. The track “El Bendito” was featured on the soundtrack for the 2014 video game FIFA World Cup Brazil. In 2015 the project returned to Stomba Studios in Buenos Aires with King Coya again serving as arranger and producer, supported by a roster of session players and guests that included Gustavo Santaolalla, Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls, and vocalist Olivier Araste of Lindigo. The resulting album, Magnetismo, was issued by Miles Cleret’s Soundway Records in March 2016.
Chamamé, the tropical regional tradition her parents carried from Misiones—a province bordering Brazil—into Buenos Aires, surrounded her from infancy. She later pursued formal training at the Conservatory of Morón in a Buenos Aires suburb. After appearing on a 1998 talent show, she committed to music professionally and assembled her first group, De Martinas, which merged folk with emerging electro-pop textures. Her initial public performance came not with the band but in an Argentine experimental theater staging of De la Guarda before an audience of 15,000.
Her recording career began in 2003 when she contributed to producer and composer Gaby Kerpel’s (aka King Coya) album Carnabailito, released worldwide by Warner Bros. She soon became Kerpel’s principal collaborator; together they formed Terraplén and delivered a self-titled album on Universal in 2010, produced by fellow Argentine Gustavo Santaolalla. The group built its following through Buenos Aires club dates, blending broad stylistic reach with relentless grooves before eventually developing into La Yegros.
Her King Coya-produced debut, Viene de Mi, appeared on ZZX in 2013 and quickly gained traction across international radio and club circuits, prompting extensive tours throughout Latin America, Europe, North Africa, Mexico, and the United States in both clubs and large festivals. The track “El Bendito” was featured on the soundtrack for the 2014 video game FIFA World Cup Brazil. In 2015 the project returned to Stomba Studios in Buenos Aires with King Coya again serving as arranger and producer, supported by a roster of session players and guests that included Gustavo Santaolalla, Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls, and vocalist Olivier Araste of Lindigo. The resulting album, Magnetismo, was issued by Miles Cleret’s Soundway Records in March 2016.
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