1. Taco Hemingway began recording in 2011, at which time he released - under the pseudonym Foodvillain - an English-language mixtape entitled Who Killed JFK.
14 Facts About Taco Hemingway
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Taco Hemingway has sold over 400,000 albums in Poland, making him one of the best-selling rappers in Poland.
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Taco Hemingway has been nominated for the Fryderyk Awards thirteen times between 2016 and 2020, including four times as a winner in the hip-hop Album of the Year category, including being the only artist to win the award three times in a row and being the only rapper nominated and awarded in the Song of the Year category.
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Taco Hemingway was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards in the Best Polish Artist category and Empik's Bestsellers in the Polish Music, Hip-Hop Music and Streaming categories.
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Taco Hemingway was ranked 10th on the list of Most Influential Poles 2019 by Wprost.
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Taco Hemingway is the first Polish artist whose songs have been played over a billion times on the streaming platform Spotify.
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Taco Hemingway listened to various rap artists with his father, developing his passion for the rap genre.
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Taco Hemingway is a graduate of cultural studies at the University of Warsaw.
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Taco Hemingway began posting his first songs on YouTube, using the alias Foodvillain at the time.
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Taco Hemingway rapped in English on illegally downloaded MF DOOM beats in his friend's basement.
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The artist adopted the pseudonym Taco Hemingway, which was taken from the football game FIFA, in which he played under such a pseudonym.
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At first Taco sent his records to Prosto and Alkopoligamia, but due to lack of response he sent them to Marcin "Tytus" Grabski - owner of Asfalt Records.
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Taco Hemingway added that this is his only concert this year.
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Taco Hemingway is in a relationship with Iga Lis, daughter of Polish journalist Tomasz Lis.