page_title: Boss AC
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Boss AC / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Cape Verdean Portuguese rapper Boss AC performing in Lisbon, Portugal in 1994. Originally from the Portuguese-language island nation of Cape Verde, Boss AC is considered one of the founding fathers of Portuguese hip hop, or Hip Hop Tuga. Here shown doing a live performance at an early hip Hop Tuga festival in Bairro Alto (Lisbon, Portugal). Photograph by Ithaka Darin Pappas. Português: O rapper português cabo-verdiano Boss AC se apresentando em Lisboa, Portugal em 1994. Originalmente da ilha de língua portuguesa de Cabo Verde, o Boss AC é considerado um dos pais fundadores do hip hop português, ou Hip Hop Tuga. Aqui ele é mostrado fazendo uma performance ao vivo no início do festival Hip Hop Tuga no Bairro Alto (Lisboa, Portugal). Fotografia por Ithaka Darin Pappas.
context_page_description: Ângelo César do Rosário Firmino, better known by the stage name Boss AC is a Portuguese rapper originally from Cape Verde. The letters A and C, in Boss AC, come from the initials of his two names, Ângelo and César, respectively.
context_section_description: His most popular songs include "Dinero", "Baza Baza", and "Doa a Quem Doer". Although he lives in Portugal, he spends a lot of his time in Africa, especially Angola. He has collaborated with many Angolan rappers, most notably Gutto, with whom he worked on "Dinero".
  Boss AC started his career in 1994 with Rapública, a compilation album that joined together the new faces of the Portuguese hip hop movement. He was both a performer and producer on this album.
  In 1998, Boss AC recorded his first album, Mandachuva, in the USA with production by Troy Hightower. This album was a mixture of hip-hop, ragga, soul, R&B and African sounds.  He also recorded a duet titled "No Stress" with Gutto.  Together, they produced music and went on tour.
  In 2002, Boss AC produced his second album, Rimar contra a maré, which was a more autobiographical album, entirely written and produced by him. This album continued the trend of adding African and Portuguese traditional sounds.
  Boss AC's album, Ritmo, Amor e Palavras, was recorded in 2005.  This album included collaborations with Posdnuos from De La Soul, Da Weasel, Sam the Kid and Pedro Ayres de Magalhães. The album earned Boss AC a nomination in the MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Portuguese Act.
  His fifth fourth album Preto no Branco (Black on White) was released in January 2008 and features the single "Levanta-te" (Stand-up), its music video was launched on the Portuguese MTV later on 21 July.  He participated with Mariza with the single "Alguém Me Ouviu (Mantém-te Firme).
  His fifth album AC Para os Amigos (AC and Friends) was edited on 6 February 2012 and would be released by Universal Music, singles included in ths album are "Sexta-feira (Emprego Bom Já)", "Tástabater" and "Tu Es Mais Forte".  The first single was released in February 2012, it reached to Portuguese charts for 3 weeks and was in the Top 10 up to April.  The second single's music video was filmed in Brazil.  And the third single was released in August 2012 and featured a music video and features Shout.  Boss AC was a guest star on the radio program "Comercial".
caption: Lisbon-based Cape Verdean Portuguese rapper Boss AC performing in 1994.
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