Colombia’s Marithea is the only female rapper fighting for the crown at the Red Bull Batalla World Final 2021
Marithea (alias composed of her name, Maribel Camilo, and Thea, goddess in Greek), grew up knowing she always wanted to be part of the music industry, despite she only had two options, becoming a salsa singer or a rapper.“Cali is salsa’s capital and multiple winners of world salsa competitions, but the particularity of southern Cali is that those who aren’t salsa singers are rappers,” the artists explained to HOLA! USA. “I’m not fully immersed in the genre; therefore, I chose rap.