Tropkillaz

<p>Tropkillaz emerged from the union of two of the biggest producers and DJs in Brazil: Zegon and<br />
Laudz. The duo represents the best of urban music in Brazil and in the world. Precursors of Trap<br />
Music, the duo were the first responsible for bringing Trap to Brazil, in an original way, mixing Bass<br />
Music, Funk, Dancehall to the most diverse styles of dance music.</p>
<p>In almost 10 years of career, Tropkillaz has released more than 150 tracks, including authorial singles<br />
and remixes. In addition to having played in the main festivals and clubs in the world, where they<br />
played more than 300 shows in 40 different countries. In 2018, they signed a global contract with<br />
Universal Music and released hits such as “Milk & Honey”, in partnership with the American singer<br />
Aloe Blacc, “Loko”, with Major Lazer, Kevinho and Busy Signal, and “Bola Rebola”, with Anitta, J.<br />
Balvin and MC Zaac. Also in 2018, the duo competed for the MTV Millennial Awards Brazil, winning<br />
in the Anthem of the Year category with the single “Vai Malandra”. In addition to competing with the<br />
song for the Prêmio Multishow for Brazilian Music, winning in two categories: Música Chiclete and<br />
Best TVZ Clip.</p>
<p>In 2020, they competed for the Latin Grammy in three categories: Best Urban Music Song, with the<br />
song “Rave de Favela”, a collaboration between Major Lazer, MC Lan and Anitta; Best Music Video -<br />
Short Version with the song “Saci (Remix)”, a collaboration with the group BaianaSystem and Best<br />
Contemporary Pop Album in Portuguese Language, with the album “APKÁ!” by the singer Céu, which<br />
features the song “Eye Contact”, a collab with the artists. Of the three nominations, the duo took<br />
their first prize along with the Brazilian singer Céu. In the same year, they competed alongside the<br />
BaianaSystem group with the music video for the song “Saci (remix)” at the 1st Los Angeles Latin<br />
Music Video Festival (LAMV), winning in three categories: Best Music Video, Best Editing and Best<br />
Director with Rafael Kent.</p>
<p>In February 2020, the duo had another unprecedented achievement, during the Super Bowl final at<br />
Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, the concert with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez took place, but what<br />
many people don’t know is that one of the songs played at the event has the involvement of<br />
Brazilians. “Que Calor” by Major Lazer and J Balvin, in collaboration with El Alfa, brings the duo's<br />
signature as co-producers and co-author. The song was performed during J-Lo's solo performance,<br />
where J Balvin appeared as a guest and gave a snippet of the hit, midway through a medley.</p>
<p>However, this is not the first time Tropkillaz has a song at the Super Bowl, which is considered one of<br />
the biggest North American sporting events. In 2014 the DJs and producers had the remix of the<br />
track “Hide”, by N.A.S.A. (Zegon's side project), starring in a Sonos sound system advertising, and it<br />
reached 100 million viewers, who watched the football championship final.</p>
<p>In addition to the advertising shown at the Super Bowl, the duo has already signed the soundtrack of<br />
commercials for T Mobile, Chanel, Nike, Suzuki, Mercedes, among others. In 2019, they also signed<br />
the original soundtrack for the Netflix series Sintonia.</p>
<p>In addition to soundtracks for advertising and series, Tropkillaz also has a long history with<br />
soundtracks for games, with remixes and original tracks produced for Need For Speed, FIFA 2020,<br />
Free Fire, VALORANT, among others.</p>
<p>The duo has also worked on productions and remixes by artists such as Bob Marley, Major Lazer,<br />
Childish Gambino, DJ Snake & Justin Bieber, Years & Years, Jason Derulo, Sting, Snoop Dogg, Billy<br />
Idol, Lenny Kravitz, Criolo, Rita Lee, among many others. They recently started into the K-pop<br />
universe with the single “LALISA”, by the singer LISA, a member of the South Korean girl group<br />
BLACKPINK, where a sample of the duo is used.</p>
<p>Formed in 2012, the duo uses each other's age difference and background in a unique way. Zegon<br />
had his kick-off in Brazilian hip-hop and is one of the most experienced national producers. He was<br />
part of the most classic formation of Planet Hemp and produced records of renowned rap names,<br />
such as Sabotage, Racionais MC’s, Marcelo D2, MV Bill and many others. He also expanded his work<br />
to the rest of the world with the electronic music project N.A.S.A., along with the American DJ and<br />
producer Sam Spiegel, where they have worked with big artists like Kanye West, M.I.A, David Byrne,<br />
Karen O, John Frusciante , Lykke Li, Seu Jorge, among others.</p>
<p>Laudz is a DJ, producer and songwriter. He started his career in 2006, where he gained prominence<br />
producing for big names in national rap and trap such as Criolo, Marcelo D2, EMICIDA, Projota,<br />
Rashid and MV Bill. Being one of the most established names of the new generation of producers<br />
and DJs, he has already caught the attention of great international artists such as Snoop Dogg and Dr.<br />
Dre.</p>
<p>Tropkillaz were also pioneers in taking Brazilian funk to the mainstream, “Vai Malandra”, a track with<br />
Anitta, MC Zaac, Maejor and DJ Yuri Martins, hit over 1 million plays on its premiere date and due to<br />
the amount of streams received in In its first days of release, the song debuted in Spotify's Top 50<br />
and became the first song in Portuguese to reach the Top 20 of that chart. Today the song already<br />
has more than 204 million plays on Spotify alone. On iTunes the song appeared in the Top 10 in<br />
Portugal and within the Top 200 in Switzerland and at #206 on iTunes Global. The song also entered<br />
the top 10 of Billboard's Social 50 ranking, charting at number four. It was also the most played pop<br />
song on Brazilian radio in the first week of 2018.</p>
<p>The music video for the song, 20 minutes after its release, surpassed the mark of 500 thousand<br />
views. The video reached the mark of 8 million views in the first ten hours, thus beating the Brazilian<br />
record for the highest number of views in the first 24 hours. Upon release, the production received<br />
over 15 million views within 24 hours on YouTube, consolidating the Brazilian record for the most<br />
views in one day and also the fastest Brazilian video to receive 1 million likes, breaking the previous<br />
record. Two days after its premiere, the clip racked up over 23.4 million hits, hitting the 30 million<br />
mark the next day, and with just 17 days since release, the clip has surpassed 100 million views.<br />
“Bola Rebola” was also an instant hit and hit 1 million streams in just 12 hours on Spotify, in addition<br />
to being the most streamed song on the platform in Brazil for more than 30 days, today the single<br />
already has more than 173 million views. plays. The track was also certified Platinum in the US and<br />
peaked at number 12 on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay. On iTunes, the song quickly reached #1 in the<br />
download rankings in Brazil and also entered #2 in Ecuador, Top 20 in Portugal and Top 100 in<br />
Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and Italy. The official video of the song had its exclusive release on the<br />
website of the North American magazine Complex. Today the production has more than 179 million<br />
views on Youtube.</p>
<p>In 2021, the duo attended the celebrations for the birthday of legendary musician Bob Marley,<br />
where they performed an official remix of “Jamming”, with artist Tiwa Savage. In addition to a series<br />
of releases, such as the official remix of “Saúde”, by Brazilian singer Rita Lee, among others.<br />
In 2022 the duo promised to release an album celebrating 10 years of their career</p>