Polimá Westcoast

Polimá Ngangu Miguel Orellana (born August 29, 1997), known professionally as Polimá WestCoast, is a Chilean rapper and singer. His musical style is defined as Latin trap and reggaeton.[1] He is one of the better known figures of the Chilean urban music scene that emerged in the late-2010s.[1] He had his first underground hit with the song "Brokeboi" in 2018.[2] In 2019 Polimá Westcoast presented a show at Lollapalooza Chile and toured the country soon after.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Miguel and the second or maternal family name is Orellana.

Polimá Westcoast
Westcoast in 2019
Born
Polimá Ngangu Miguel Orellana

(1997-08-29) August 29, 1997
Independencia, Santiago, Chile
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
Years active2017–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels
  • Brokeboyz
  • Sony Chile
Websitepolimawestcoast.com

In 2022 he released the single "Ultra Solo"[3] which charted #1 in the Chilean Billboard list by late June.[4]

Early life

Polimá Ngangu Eduardo Miguel Orellana was born on August 29, 1997, in Independencia, Santiago, Chile, as the only child of Natalia Orellana Canto, a Chilean dancer, and Jostario Miguel, an Angolan war refugee who came to South America escaping from the Angolan Civil War, with whom WestCoast has an estranged relationship.[5] His name, Polimá Ngangu, are words from the Lingala language that mean "respect" and "intelligence", respectively.[6] Since his youth Miguel was musically influenced by his mother and stepfather and at age 9 his passion for music started when he was part of a church choir. [7] Although he managed to continue his studies in the second semester of 2015 at Hellen's College in Conchalí to later become an electrical engineering student, he abandoned them to dedicate himself completely to music. [8]

References
  1. "Polimá Westcoast". Música Popular (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  2. "Polimá Westcoast". CMTV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  3. "Polimá Westcoast releases "Ultra solo" (remix) with Pailita, Feid, Paloma Mami and De la Ghetto". Sony Music Latin (in Spanish). Miami. June 17, 2022. Archived from the original on December 18, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  4. "The new brand of "Ultra solo": enters the Billboard ranking". La Tercera (in Spanish). June 30, 2022. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  5. "Polimá WestCoast, el trapero angolés-chileno, estrenó video para "Brokeboi"". POUSTA. May 7, 2018.
  6. Parrini, Gianluca (November 6, 2022). "La cicatriz de Polimá". La Tercera. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  7. "Polimá Westcoast celebra 300K followers antes de su concierto online". No Limits! (in Mexican Spanish). July 25, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  8. "Polimá Westcoast". Polimá Westcoast | MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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