Dj Malvado

Real name Cláudio Rodrigues, DJ Malvado is an Angolan and Portuguese DJ and producer born in Luanda, Angola, in 1975. Active on the island since the early 1990s, he made a name for himself in 2002 with the album 10 Anos de Noite, and became a household name ten years later with his fifth album From Africa to the World (2012), which sold fifteen thousand copies in its first three days. After signing the multi-collaboration albums O DJ Que Esta Ma Noda (2016) and After 22 (2016), he gained international recognition with the three-part series DJ Malvado & Friends: Angola House Music, released between 2022 and 2024. A specialist in afro house, kizomba and semba, he also produced the Beats Do Baù and Kizombadas series, before scoring a hit with "Mussulo", in collaboration with DJ Aka-m, ranked #5 in the Top 25 Portugal Songs.