Afro Bros

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Afro Bros
Birth nameGiordano Ashruf & Rashid Badloe
Born (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34), (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35)
OriginArnhem, Netherlands
Genres Dance, Latin, house, reggaeton
Occupation(s) DJs, producers
Instruments Keyboards
Years active2006–present
MembersGiordano Ashruf
Rashid Badloe
Website afro-bros.com

Giordano Ashruf and Rashid Badloe (18 June 1990, 10 June 1989), better known by their stage name Afro Bros, are an Afro-Dutch DJ and record production duo. [1] Notable productions include the songs "X" [2] and "Instagram". [3]

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Career

In 2017, Afro Bros collaborated with Boaz van de Beatz and Ronnie Flex, and produced two songs, "Energie" and "Come Again" which later received a Buma Award. [4]

Afro Bros co-produced the song "Sua Cara" with Major Lazer, and it later won a Latin Grammy Award. [5]

In 2018, Afro Bros collaborated with Jeon, and produced the track "X", featuring Nicky Jam and J Balvin which has been viewed 1.9 billion times on YouTube and also won a Buma Export Award as well as being nominated for Latin Grammy Awards. [6]

In July 2019, the duo produced the song "Instagram" with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, David Guetta, Daddy Yankee and Natti Natasha. [7] [8] [9] In 2019, they also worked with Jamaican singer Sean Kingston and released the song "How Many Times". [10]

Afro Bros signed a contract with Universal Music Group in 2020. [11]

Discography

Singles

SongYearArtistReference
"18 Plus"2016Finest Sno
"Kijken Mag"2018Supergaande
"Push"2018Finest Sno, Kalibwoy & Darr3n
"How Many Times"2018 Sean Kingston [12]
"Instagram"2019 Daddy Yankee, David Guetta, Natti Natasha and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike [13]
"She Knows"2023Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and David Guetta featuring Akon [14]

Production

SongYearArtistRef.
Sua Cara2017 Major Lazer, Anitta, Pabllo Vittar [15] [16]
Energie2017Ronnie Flex, Frenna
Come again2017Ronnie Flex, Boef
So Much Love2018 Charly Black
X (Enguis)2018 Nicky Jam & J Balvin
Dame tu Cosita2018 Pitbull & Karol G
Instagram 2019 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & David Guetta, Daddy Yankee, Natti Natasha
How Many Times2019 Sean Kingston

Awards

YearAwardSongCategoryRef.
2018Buma AwardCome AgainBest collaboration [17]
2018Buma AwardEnergieBest urban song [18]
2019Buma AwardXBest international song [19]
2020Latin Grammy AwardsAmarilloBest Urban Album [20]

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