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Rodriguez
Person

Rodriguez

Specialty
Sound
Birth
July 10, 1942 · 81 years
Death
August 8, 2023
Origin
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Technical Alias

Sixto Rodriguez Sixto Diaz Rodriguez

Professional Trajectory

A once promising singer-songwriter whose first two albums were a flop in the United States, Rodriguez quickly fades into obscurity. Unbeknownst to him, a cult following of his music develops among young Afrikaners in the 1970s who rebel against the cultural oppression and isolation of Apartheid. His amazing story was the subject of the Oscar winning documentary, "Searching for Sugarman."

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