- Born
- Birth nameJosé Manuel Arturo Tomás Chao
- Height1.73 m
- Manu Chao was born on June 21, 1961 in Paris, France. He is a music artist and actor, known for Blood Father (2016), Il était une fois au Mexique... Desperado 2 (2003) and Princesas (2005).
- Mixes Spanish, English, French and Portuguese words in his lyrics.
- Poliglotism.
- Known by his wide range of music generes and styles he can perform.
- Chao's mother, Felisa Ortega, is from Bilbao, Basque Country, and his father, writer and journalist Ramón Chao, is from Vilalba, Galicia.
- Son of Ramón Chao and brother of French journalist Antoine Chao.
- He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek and occasionally in other languages.
- With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe.
- Chao's lyrics provoke his audience to think about immigration, love, living in ghettos, drugs, and often carry a left-wing message.
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