QBoy was born on Marcos Jose Brito on 10 October 1978 and is a UK-based rapper, producer, DJ, writer and presenter.
16 Facts About QBoy
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QBoy is one of the original few out rappers in hip hop circa 2001 that became pioneers of the new subgenre colloquially known as "homo hop".
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QBoy was part of the gay hip-hop DJ crew Pac-Man, which featured DJs NineBob, Gideon, Mistermaker and fashion artist Noki.
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In 2004, QBoy released his first extended play "Even the Women Like Him".
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QBoy shot his first music video, Quarter Life Crisis, in September 2004 in London.
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QBoy continued writing in this style with the track "A Deal With God" which originally cleverly used Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill and covered his experiences of homophobic bullying when at school.
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In 2005, QBoy received a nomination for "Performing Artist of the Year" at the 2005 GALAs.
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QBoy played extensively with over 30 live dates in New York City, Seattle, Fort Lauderdale and Key West in Florida, and Chicago where he shot a music video with Johnny Dangerous to their single Hotline which features rapper Soce and he made a cameo appearance in Johnny Dangerous's video Wan Dat.
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The DVD release of documentary Pick Up The Mic in which QBoy is one of the featured artists was released.
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Also in 2011, QBoy performed a LIVE set at Glastonbury Festival within Block 9 at the NYC Downlow.
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In June 2013, QBoy started the first queer hip-hop party in Spain with promoter Pepo Bethencourt and DJ "Cascales" AKA Agustin Gomez Cascales, then deputy editor of Spanish gay magazine '"Shangay".
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In 2014, QBoy released a new single "Music Makes Us Dance" featuring singer Darkwah.
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The video for "Music Makes Us Dance" was shot in and around Shoreditch and Dalston, London, where QBoy is based professionally.
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QBoy then had a selection of summer tour dates around Europe that included performing and playing at the Milkshake festival in Amsterdam, UK festivals Secret Garden Party and Glastonbury, Brighton Pride and parties "Sissy" in Berlin and "Boyakasha" in Zurich.
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QBoy has written for Gay Times, attitude, The Pink Paper and Exprezo and has interviewed artists Salt-N-Pepa, Princess Superstar, Beverley Knight, Mark Ronson, Blu Cantrell, Mica Paris, Nicole Wray and Five Star.
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QBoy supported the TV documentary with two radio podcasts for Channel 4 Radio which he presented.