page_title: Mala Rodríguez
section_title: Musical career
hierarchical_section_title: Mala Rodríguez / Musical career
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mala Rodriguez en The Roxy Córdoba Argentina
context_page_description: María Rodríguez Garrido, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, or Mala Rodríguez, is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish hip hop rapper.
context_section_description: She rose to prominence in the late 1990s alongside fellow Sevillian hip-hop acts such as La Gota Que Colma, SFDK, and La Alta Escuela. After she adopted the stage name La Mala, she appeared on La Gota Que Colma's album Mordiendo el Micro on the songs "No Hay Rebaja", and "Dando Guerra". She also appeared on SFDK's Siempre Fuertes and La Alta Escuela's En Pie de Vuelo on the song "Espectáculo en la Gancha". She made her solo debut with A Jierro/Toma la Traca, a maxi-single released by Zona Bruta in 1999. The song was originally planned for release by Zeroporsiento, a Sevillian label for which she had recorded the tracks.  In 2000, she signed to Universal Music Spain, and released her full-length debut album, Lujo Ibérico. Her second album, Alevosía, featured the single, "La Niña". The song gained notability when its controversial music video was banned from Spanish TV because of its depiction of a young female drug dealer.
  On the soundtrack of the film Fast & Furious (2009 film) her single "Volveré", from the Malamarismo album, was featured.
  In 2008, Rodriguez was invited to join Julieta Venegas for her MTV Unplugged performance singing the song "Eres para mí"
  She performed with Maroon 5, Björk and LMFAO at the Festival Imperial in the Autódromo La Guácima racetrack in Alajuela, Costa Rica in March 2012.
  In April 2013 she revealed on her Facebook page that her new album, Bruja, would be released in June 18. On September 12, 2013, she went back to Costa Rica.
  In 2015, Mala Rodriguez was one of the many artists featured on President Barack Obama’s Summer Spotify Playlist 
  NPR recently named one of her earlier singles "Yo Marco El Minuto" as one of the “200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women.”
  After a four-year hiatus, Mala released her latest single, “Gitanas” on July 6, 2018. Pitchfork says, “Her voice is bold and unflinching, when she boldly asks 'Quién me protege?' (“Who protects me?”) you can almost feel the ground quake beneath her feet. Mala already knows the answer to her question. Without missing a beat, she cries out, “Yo!” (“Me!”), daring anyone to doubt her.”
caption: Rodríguez in Córdoba, Argentina, 2008.
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