Biography
There are two artists under the name "Kako".
1. Brazilian artist MC Kako
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2. Puerto Rican artist, deceased in 1994
1) Jackson Frayle Toledo Campos, known as MC Kako, is a prominent Brazilian singer in conscious funk and rap.
Born in Maringá, Paraná, he started writing rhymes and inspired by rap before migrating to funk.
He moved to São Paulo to try a career in music, finding in conscious funk a way to report the daily life and experiences of the peripheries.
2)Kako, whose real name was Francisco Bastar, was born in Puerto Rico in 1936. He worked as a dancer on the island before Turning instead to the timbales and other percussive instruments.
Kako was a versatile and respected percussionist who played and recorded with artists such as Tito Puente, Azuquita, Menique and Jerry Williams.
He died in July 1994 whilst serving a sentence in a Texas prison.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.