Luaty Beirão
Background information
Birth nameTretius Kauhangengo
Also known asIkonoklasta
Brigadeiro Mata Frakuzk[1]
Born19 November 1981
Luanda, Angola
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)musician, activist
Years active1994–present

Luaty Beirão (born 1981), also known by his stage name Ikonoklasta, is an Angolan rapper known for his anti-corruption activism.[2]

Life

Beirão was born to a Portuguese Angolan family in Luanda and his father, João Beirão, was a well-known member of the MPLA.[1] After developing his initial interest in hip hop during his adolescence, Beirão first entered the music scene himself in 2004, as part of the group Conjunto Ngonguenha.[1]

Beirão rose to prominence as an activist after an incident in February 2011, where - upon noticing the son of President José Eduardo dos Santos at a concert - he jumped onstage and publicly called on dos Santos to step down.[1] In March 2016, he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for allegedly planning a revolution against dos Santos.[3] Beirão and several other prisoners launched a hunger strike in protest of their incarceration; after 36 days of this strike, the government agreed to reduce their sentences to house arrest.[4] He was released later that year after successfully appealing his sentence.[1]

Discography

Solo albums

  • Ikonodamus (2008)

with Conjunto Ngonguenha

  • Ngonguenhação (2004)
  • Nós os do Conjunto (2010)

with Batida as Iqokwe

  • The Beginning, The Medium, The End, and The Infinite (2021)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Vieira, Ricardo Miguel (2018-12-07). "Angolan Awakening: Ikonoklasta Doubles Down in his Fight for Change". OkayAfrica. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. ↑ Manuela Micael (12 October 2015). "Luaty, o filho do apoiante do presidente que contesta o regime" (in Portuguese). TVI24. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Angolan rapper jailed for rebellion". BBC News. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Luaty Beirão – Human Rights Foundation". Human Rights Foundation. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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