Yarah Bravo

Yarah Bravo is a singer-songwriter, rapper, poet, and beatmaker. Born to a Chilean mother and a Brazilian father who came to Sweden as political refugees, she sings and raps in English, Swedish and Spanish.

She is best known for her song Bluebird with her group One Self, and for her EPs Love Is The Movement and Good Girls Rarely Make History. Bravo was one of the founding members of One Self, with her ex-husband DJ Vadim and Mc Blurum 13. Their debut album Children of Possibility was released on the record label Ninja Tune.

Early life Bravo started writing as a young teenager as a way to handle her parents' breakup. She formed her first group at 16 years old, an all-girl group called B.o.B. She was part of the hip hop scene in her hometown, Lund, in the 90s.

In 2011 Yarah went into fashion for a short period of time and opened a pop up boutique shop "The Captain Love Bubble" in London, Shoreditch, together with Mimi Fresh (stylist to Erykah Badu) and fellow hip hop artist Sheila Mukasa.

Bravo has lived in Sweden, England, the United States, and Germany.

Discography

Studio albums According to Discogs and MusicBrainz, Bravo has released two albums: Good Girls Rarely Make History (Mothergrain Records, 2008) Love Is The Movement (Duzz Down San, 2014)

Collaborative albums Children Of Possibility with One Self (Ninja Tune 2005) Organically Grown with One Self (Mothergrain Records / OGS 2006)

Collaborations One Self – Be Your Own (Ninja Tune, 2005) One Self – Bluebird (Ninja Tune, 2005) One Self – Paranoid / Over Expose (Ninja Tune, 2005) Skalpel feat Yarah Bravo – Voice of Reason (Ninja Tune) Dj Vadim feat Yarah Bravo – The Pacifist (Ninja Tune) Dj Vadim feat Yarah Bravo – She Who Is Tested (Ninja Tune) Dj Vadim feat Yarah Bravo – Cum Shots (Ninja Tune) Dj Vadim feat Yarah Bravo – You are Yours (Ninja Tune) The Electric feat Yarah Bravo – Beautiful (BBE Records) The Polish Ambassador feat Yarah Bravo – Nobody's Alone Paco Mendoza feat Yarah Bravo – Candela