Yarah Bravo is a singer-songwriter, rapper, poet and activist. Bravo was born to a Chilean mother and a Brazilian father, who came to Sweden as political refugees. She sings and raps in English, Swedish and Spanish. She is most known for her song Bluebird and her EP Love Is The Movement and Good Girls Rarely Make History album. Bravo was one of the MC’s of the group One Self, alongside Mc Blurum 13. The album was released in 2004 titled Children of Possibility on the record label Ninja Tune.
Career
Bravo has collaborated with many artists, including Fat Freddys Drop, French experimental hip hop groupTTC and Polish Jazz duo Skalpel, Gavlyn, Organized Threat, Fat Freddy's Drop, The Polish Ambassador, Mykah 9, Abstract Rude, Aceyalone, Figub, Miss ill, The Electric, The Nextmen, Rodney P, Dynamite Mc, and Kidkanevil, Anna The Unused word. Yarah Bravo has toured the world several times with different artists and constellations. And performed at many festivals including Roskilde, Splash Festival, Fusion Festival, Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival-Sète, Soundwave Croatia, Electric Castle. In 2011 Yarah went into fashion for a short period of time and opened a pop up boutique shop "The Captain Love Bubble" in London, Shoreditch, together with Mimi Fresh and fellow hip hop artist Sheila.
Early days
Yarah Bravo formed her first group at 16 years old: it was an all-girl group called B.o.B. She moved to London at age 18. Yarah has throughout her career focused on highlighting other female talents and has many times had an all-female band on stage, bringing together up and coming artist for international tours. In 2008 she curated U.N.I.T.Y the all-female stage at Hip Hop Kemp Festival, with Roxane Shante, Bahamadia, Invincible, Dj Shorty, Stacy Epps, Eternia, Cleo Missaoui, Syster Sol, Vaitea, Darshania and others.
Present day
In 2017 Yarah fell seriously ill with an Auto immune illness.
The Polish Ambassador feat Yarah Bravo – Nobody's Alone
Paco Mendoza feat Yarah Bravo – Candela
Music videos
Press quotes
In the words of Eric B and Rakim – "It ain't no joke". Super individualistic piece of futuristic psychedelic Hip Hop soul – DJ The ridiculously cool Yarah Bravo will be on everyone's lips sooner or later – MTV Yarah swaggers with an irrepressible confidence that would charm the coldest of Hip Hop headz.Her cheeky beauty doesn't hurt, but really it is her ability to connect with the audience thatimpresses most – HIP HOP CONNECTION The real attraction of One Self is Yarah Bravo. Her voice is rich and deep, tangy and sweet. By turns she is fearless femme cee, jazz poet and sultry seductress. Like all great vocalists, notes not words are her primary tools for communication. On her lips a shopping list would sound profound and moving – BBC Yarah Bravo, a feisty, sharp, young woman blessed with that soul power voice, amazing stage presence rapping, singing, rhyming with intellect and jazzual spirit in her voice – Straight No Chaser It's very experimental, infectiously soulful while having the quirks and perks of quality hip-hop – In The Mix If the music industry was true and just, and not the poisoned and corrupt industry bound to the brain washed tastes of the mindless majority then she would be a number one hit record – Soul Generation
