Basel-Landschaft honors La Nefera
Rapper La Nefera, whose real name is Jennifer Perez, has been awarded the 2020 Music Promotion Prize of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, endowed with CHF 15,000.
A Nefera is "a fighter in a musical field that is still rarely played by women" and doesn't just make very good hip-hop that gets you moving, makes you dance along and has a lasting effect, writes the canton. With her strong Spanish lyrics, her insistent voice and her unmistakable demands, she also stands for all those women who are afraid to speak out.
La Nefera (www.lanefera.ch) was born in the Dominican Republic and came to the canton of Basel-Landschaft at the age of ten. She studied social work and has been involved in Swiss hip-hop as a rapper and bandleader since 2008. She released her first solo album in 2016 and won the Audience Award of the Basel Pop Prize in 2018.
