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FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (ファンキー・モンキー・ベイビーズ) was a Japanese hip-hop trio under the Dreamusic label. The group was formed in 2004. In 2012, the group announced their disbandment after their nation-wide tour in 2013. The decision was made because DJ CHEMICAL started preparing to become the chief priest at a temple and won't have time to continue his musical activities. Members: Funky Kato (ファンキー加藤) Monkichi (モン吉) DJ CHEMICAL .

Back in 1995 a 17-year-old MC took to the hip-hop scene in the UK. Armed only with a few demos and oblivious of how to prosper in the music industry, little did he know he would end up being one of the few pioneers of hip-hop in the UK. Funky DL started earning props when his music received regular air play on stations such as Kiss FM, Choice FM and Radio one by the likes of veteran Jockeys such as DJ 279, Max LX and Dave VJ and Tim Westwood. In 1996 Funky DL went on to win the well...

When you ask “Funky C” about his musical influences, the Chilean-born composer will start telling you an eclectic list of musicians that expand from the baroque to the grandmasters of funk, soul, rock, Latin jazz, bossa-nova and Latin alternative rock. On any given day, his house was filled with music starting with his very own father’s, Hugo Moraga Lacoste, one of the most prolific singer/songwriters in Chile to the recordings and LPs from Jobim, Frank Zappa, Hector Lavoe, James Brown, Prince, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Stevie Wonder to Argentina’s Luis Alberto Spinetta and Charly García as well...