Sara Socas
Canarian freestyle rapper (b. 1997)
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Sara Socas Martín (born 30 August 1997) is a Canarian singer-songwriter and freestyle rapper.[1][2][3] In 2021, she became the first woman to be promoted as a freestyler to the Freestyle Master Series (FMS), considered the most important league in Spain in this field.[4][5][6]
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| Background information | |
| Born | Sara Socas Martín 30 August 1997 |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Instrument | Voice |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Website | www |
Career
Socas studied a double degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at the Charles III University of Madrid.[3][6] She entered the world of freestyle rap in 2017 and also plays several musical instruments, such as the guitar, piano and bass.[2][7] She is a contributor to the radio programme La Ventana on Cadena SER along with rapper Arkano, as well as an editor at Los 40, among others.[8] Socas has also given rap workshops in several high schools in the Community of Madrid, aimed at teenagers at risk of social exclusion.[9]
Socas won the second edition of the Madrid Girl Battle held in 2017, where she beat rapper Rasvy in the final.[9][10] She also reached the quarterfinals of the DH17 Battle and the Pre-National Battle de Royal Rap.[7] The following year, in 2018, she won the Femme Battle 2018, a women's battle-rap tournament, and the Batalla de Azuqueca 2018.[9] That year she also reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Urban Festival.[2]
In 2019, she was one of only two women to participate in the Red Bull "Batalla de Gallos", alongside fellow rapper Erika Dos Santos.[11][12] Socas got through to the competition's semi-finals.[7][9] In December 2019, she was the only woman to participate in the "Batallas de Gallos" at the Otumba exhibition in Mexico City, held by the freestyle organisation Beatle League.[13] Her feminist retort in the battle against Rapder at that event made her a trending topic on Twitter and brought her to the attention of the general public. In 2020, she was chosen to go as a reserve to the Red Bull International Final of that year's Batalla de Gallos.[8]
In 2019, she released her songs Ahora me quiero más and Sugarina with Vlack Motor, as well as the track Vuelve with singer-songwriter Fran Mariscal.[14][15][16] Socas has been included in the line-up of the Holika Festival 2020.[17] At the end of 2020, she released the single Bambi and in 2021 she released the track Apareciste tú on social media platforms.[6][18]
In January 2021, Socas became the winner of the Gold Battle Barcelona regional.[19] In January 2021, Socas participated in the Spanish National Freestyle League (FMS), becoming the first woman to compete in an FMS.[20][18] A year earlier, she had turned down the FMS organisation's invitation to join the national league, as she wanted to gain access by competing, a milestone she finally achieved in April 2021.[21][22] That year, Socas became the Federation Cup champion at the National Final of the Batalla de Maestros in Spain, and went straight through to the FMS final.[4][21] She was the first woman to do so.[4][6] As such, she was one of twelve rappers who would participate in the FMS the following season.[5][6]
In 2023, she quit freestyle after receiving hate and sexist attacks on social networks for being a woman and a lesbian.[23][24] That same year, she presented her first album TFN-MAD, with rap, trap, bachata and rhythm and blues influences, produced by Acción Sánchez of SFDK.[23]