Atach Tatuq is a Canadian hip hop group from Montreal, consisting of musicians DJ Naes, Egypto, 1-2 d'Piq, L'Intrus, Virus, Dee, Khyro, R.U., Casco, Arnak and Haikai. The group's music contains lyrics in both English and French. [1]
Originally known as Traumaturges, [2] the group was formed in 1998 by Rass, Égypto, L'Intrus, Khyro et DJ Naes, [3] and released its first album, Suce mon index in 2000. The group evolved into Atach Tatuq in 2001 when the remaining musicians joined the collective. [4] In 2002 Atach Tatuq released the album La guerre des Tuqs.
Their album Deluxxx , which contained elements of funk and jazz, [5] won the Félix Award for Hip Hop Album of the Year in 2006. [6] [7]
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