Helado Negro
Helado Negro | |
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Helado Negro in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Roberto Carlos Lange 1980 (age 45–46) Florida, United States |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Member of | Ombre |
| Website | heladonegro |
Roberto Carlos Lange (born 1980), better known by his stage name Helado Negro, is an American musician. In 2015, he received a Joyce Foundation award. In 2019, he was awarded a United States Artists Fellow in Music and also the recipient of a 2019 Grants to Artists award in Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
Lange's songs are bilingual in English and Spanish and explore Latino identity, drawing on his upbringing in South Florida as the child of Ecuadoran immigrants.
Helado Negro released his 2019 album This Is How You Smile through RVNG Intl., a Brooklyn-based music institution. This Is How You Smile received an 8.5 rating and Best New Music from Pitchfork.