And she's doing it flawlessly. LAgOONyChONgA
new EP, is one. But it can still be easily misconstrued. The 29-year-old Miami-born Cuban artist isn't referring to going— not totally, at least. It's more about being unabashedly yourself. To put it bluntly: you cannot tell La Goony Chonga who to be or what to do.
La Goony Chonga is well into her career at this point. She debuted in 2012 under a different moniker: her Tumblr name, Twiggy Rasta Masta, a combo originating from her high school nickname and all the weed she was smoking at the time. Her first song on YouTube was actually a freestyle, and a lot of people didn't believe it was authentic."I was really freestyling, and people were like, this is not a freestyle, she wrote this shit.
"It's Latina, mostly like Cuban and Caribbean. It's almost camp. Like fast fashion, but a little bit tacky and the similar things of a chola: The lip liner, the hoops, the baby hairs, you know? I don't ever know how to just explain it because it's a range of things, being a chonga. It's like an attitude, a lifestyle.
Being a chonga has been the butt of jokes too, like in the Chonga Girls' 2007 viral"Chongalicious" parody and subsequent YouTube sketches.None of it offends La Goony Chonga, though. She thought the video was funny. And insults?"I'm making chonga acceptable," she laughs."People love it."
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