Violadores del Verso

Latin rap foursome Violadores del Verso, also known as Doble V, got involved in the Spanish hip-hop scene in 1997 after Kase-O (Javier Ibarra) and former members of Bufank and el Aborto de la Música -- Liriko (David Gilaberte), R de Rumba (Rubén Cuevas), and Sho-hai (Sergio Rodríguez, aka Hate) -- decided to create a new project. In 1998, Violadores del Verso released a self-titled EP, sampling jazz and electric funk tunes from the '70s. M****a followed, as did their debut album, Genios, mixed in New York by Leo Morris and released by Avoid Records. ~ Drago Bonacich