{{short description|Argentine musician (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sara Hebe | image = Sara Hebe @ Fusion Festival 2015 (21307494928).jpg | caption = Sara Hebe at the Fusion Festival (2015) | native_name = | birth_name = Sara Hebe Merino | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|7|9}} | birth_place = Trelew | origin = Chubut, Argentina | genre = electronic music, funk, political hip-hop, punk rock, rap, reggaeton | instrument = singing | years_active = 2007–present | spinoffs = Ramiro Jota | partner = Flor Linyera | website = {{URL|https://www.instagram.com/sara_hebe/}} }} '''Sara Hebe Merino''' (born July 9, 1983, in Trelew) is an Argentine rapper and musician. The dominant genre of Hebe's work is rap, in addition to which she also performs music on the borderline of funk, punk rock, reggaeton and cumbia.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-19|language=en|title=Culto Caníbal presents: Sara Hebe – 13th September 2023|url=https://www.sala-apolo.com/en/event/sara-hebe-4495|website=www.sala-apolo.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The themes of Hebe's songs revolve around freedom of speech, feminism, the defence of human rights, social crisis and the political situation in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-19|language=es|title=Sara Hebe: "Yo no soy una gran cantante como Mercedes Sosa, soy una perra punk"|url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/musica/sara-hebe-cantante-mercedes-sosa-perra-punk|website=www.elsaltodiario.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> She describes herself as a transfeminist.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-19|author=EFE|date=June 1, 2018|language=es|title=Sara Hebe: "Muchas mujeres desean escuchar voces femeninas"|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/sara-hebe-muchas-escuchar-femeninas_1_2769177.html|website=elDiario.es}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Biography == Sara Hebe Merino was born on July 9, 1983, in Trelew, Argentina, in the province of Chubut. The singer's mother and grandmother passed on her love of poetry, which later influenced the direction of young Hebe's artistic way.<ref name="Pikara">{{cite web |author=Agencia Presentes |date=November 17, 2021 |title=Sara Hebe: "Me cansé de opinar, no quiero repetirme" |url=https://www.pikaramagazine.com/2021/11/sara-hebe-me-canse-opinar-no-quiero-repetirme/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Pikara Magazine |language=es}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> From an early stage in her education, the artist was inspired by the attitude and output of Hebe de Bonafini and Estela de Carlotto: {{Quote|text={{lang|es|Escucharlas te conmueve o no te conmueve. A mí me conmovió, me cambió la cabeza, me hizo pararme desde un lugar nuevo y desde ahí me puse a escribir, actuar, trabajar. Posicionada en ese lugar del sistema productivo e ideológico.}}|author=Sara Hebe|title={{lang|es|Me cansé de opinar, no quiero repetirme}}|source=interview with ''Pikara Magazine''<ref name="Pikara"></ref>}}
In 2001, Hebe began studying law in Buenos Aires, which she ultimately dropped out of. She began to take dance and theatre classes: for two years she trained in hip-hop and dancehall dance with choreographer Marita Amendola; she also completed a theatre workshop led by Norman Briski.<ref name=":02">{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-19|author=Mariano Martín Valle|date=July 12, 2013|language=es|title=Sara Hebe|url=https://revistatrinchera.com/entrevistas/sara-hebe/|website=Trinchera}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 2007, she began to compose her first songs, creating lyrics and music based on beats found on the Internet.
She released her first album in 2009 and its title, {{Lang|es|La Hija del Loco}}, referred to the nickname the young Hebe used in Chubut.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Página/12 :: las12 |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/las12/13-5549-2010-02-26.html |work=www.pagina12.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>
In January 2010, she was invited by the Free Culture Collective of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and in October of the same year, the {{Lang|es|Revolución de Caracas|italic=no}} collective in Venezuela invited her to represent Argentina at the fifth International Hip-Hop Summit.
Since the beginning of her professional career, Hebe has collaborated with Ramiro Jota, an Argentinian DJ and music producer. The artist performs mainly in South and Central America and has toured twice in Europe.<ref>{{Citation |last=Propaganda pel fet |title=La rapera Sara Hebe torna de gira a Europa aquest estiu! |url=https://ppf.cat/index.php/cat/42-artistes/sara-hebe/647-la-rapera-sara-hebe-torna-de-gira-a-europa-aquest-estiu |work=Propaganda pel fet |language=ca-es}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Josefina Chalde |title=Sara Hebe anuncia gira por Europa |date=June 26, 2023 |url=https://indiehoy.com/recitales/sara-hebe-anuncia-gira-por-europa/ |work=Indie Hoy |language=es}}</ref>
Hebe is a lesbian committed to defending the rights of the LGBT community through her work.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-11-19|date=October 13, 2017|language=es|title=Sara Hebe: "Mujeres y travestis somos siempre objeto para el capitalismo"|url=https://agenciapresentes.org/2017/10/13/sara-hebe-mujeres-y-travestis-somos-siempre-objeto-para-el-capitalismo/|website=Agencia Presentes}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The rapper was in relationship with Flor Linyera, singer and keyboardist of the group Kumbia Queers.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Página/12 :: las12 |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/las12/13-5549-2010-02-26.html |work=www.pagina12.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>
== Discography == * {{lang|es|La hija del Loco}} (2009) * {{lang|es|Puentera}} (2012) * {{lang|es|Colectivo Vacío}} (2015) * {{lang|es|Sara Hebe}} (2017) * {{lang|es|Politicalpari}} (2019) * {{lang|es|Sucia Estrella}} (2022)
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