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FUNKY MONKEY BABYS (ファンキー・モンキー・ベイビーズ) was a Japanese hip-hop trio under the Dreamusic label. The group was formed in 2004. In 2012, the group announced their disbandment after their nation-wide tour in 2013. The decision was made because DJ CHEMICAL started preparing to become the chief priest at a temple and won't have time to continue his musical activities. Members: Funky Kato (ファンキー加藤) Monkichi (モン吉) DJ CHEMICAL .

Funky DL first pursued his interest in music back in 1985. At only 8 years old he took a keen interest in ragga music and listened to such acts as Lieutenant Stitchie and Papa San. Growing up in Hackney East London there was no short of an ethnic presence which meant that music was a common ground for many of the kids growing up and still is today. DL’s older brother often would borrow tapes from their older uncles (without their mother knowing) which meant that acts like NWA crept into the household. This sparked a keen interest in hip-hop...

When you ask “Funky C” about his musical influences, the Chilean-born composer will start telling you an eclectic list of musicians that expand from the baroque to the grandmasters of funk, soul, rock, Latin jazz, bossa-nova and Latin alternative rock. On any given day, his house was filled with music starting with his very own father’s, Hugo Moraga Lacoste, one of the most prolific singer/songwriters in Chile to the recordings and LPs from Jobim, Frank Zappa, Hector Lavoe, James Brown, Prince, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Stevie Wonder to Argentina’s Luis Alberto Spinetta and Charly García as well...