MC Millaray

Millaray Jara Collío (born ), known professionally as MC Millaray, is a Mapuche rapper and human rights activist. She is known for her advocacy for Mapuche rights in Chile, a common theme in her lyrics.

Biography Jara was born and grew up in La Pincoya, a barrio in northern Santiago. She has a younger brother and sister; her parents, Alexis Jara and Claudia Collío, are also rappers. Jara is Mapuche, with her family originally coming from Perquenco in the Araucanía Region, where her great-grandmother still lives. Jara and her family often visited Perquenco growing up, and she grew up speaking both Spanish and Mapudungun. Jara has stated that she identifies as Mapuche and not Chilean.

Jara first started rapping at the age of five, joining in during a performance by her father. At the age of seven, she recorded her first album, Pequeña Feminina; her parents burned the recordings onto CDs, which they then sold on public buses, or while busking. Jara gained greater attention when she performed an original song on a morning television show broadcast by Televisión Nacional de Chile. Jara has called for the return of Wallmapu, the historical territory of the Mapuche people prior to Chile's colonisation, and the promotion of Mapuche values.

In 2019, she composed a song for the Network for the Defence of Mapuche Children, and has been its spokesperson since then.

Discography

"Rebelión de octubre" (2020) (with Ana Tijoux) "Zomo Newen" (2022) "Mi ser mapuche" (2022)