Duki
Mauro Ezequiel Lombardo, known as Duki, grew up in Almagro, Buenos Aires, and won the freestyle-battle tournament El Quinto Escalón in 2016, a victory that launched him as the breakout face of Argentine trap. Singles like 'She Don't Give a Fo' and 'Goteo,' along with his work in the trio ModoDiablo, made him one of the genre's defining Latin American voices, fusing combative freestyle roots with U.S. trap's melodic, triplet-heavy sensibility.
Duki has named Migos as a direct model for his sound — in 2018 he formed the trio ModoDiablo with Ysy A and Neo Pistea explicitly following Migos' group blueprint, and Migos' clipped triplet flow runs through his own solo verses.
listen forCompare Migos' 'Bad and Boujee' to Duki's 'Hello Cotto' — the same tightly stacked, stuttering triplet cadence over a spare trap beat is doing the work in both.
Duki has said that hearing A$AP Mob's 'Hella Hoes' around 2013–14 was the moment trap 'felt like the future' to him, pulling him out of straight freestyle rap and toward the sound he'd go on to define in Argentina.
listen forThrow on A$AP Mob's 'Hella Hoes' and then Duki's 'Rockstar' — the woozy, triplet-heavy cadence and the swaggering, brand-conscious posturing are the same current, translated into Spanish.
Duki has cited Eminem, alongside 50 Cent, as one of the rappers who first pulled him toward hip-hop as a kid, well before he ever set foot in a freestyle circle.
listen forListen to Eminem's rapid-fire, syllable-stacking flow on 'The Real Slim Shady' and then Duki's 'She Don't Give a Fo' — the dense internal rhyme and showman's bravado carry over even in a completely different language and rhythm.