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Manu Chao (born June 21, 1961 in Paris; real name Jose-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao; also occasionally credited as Oscar Tramor) is a French Latin folk singer.

Chao's parents were Spanish - or to be more precise, his mother is Basque and his father, writer Ramón Chao, is Galician -, but moved to Paris to escape Francisco Franco's dictatorship (which lasted until the dictator's death in 1975). Manu Chao thus spent his childhood near Paris.

Manu Chao was a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as the Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra. Mano Negra met with success in France first with the hit single Mala vida, then toured South America. The band split circa 1995.

He sings in French, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, English, and Wolof, often mixing them in the same song. Although he is one of the world's largest selling artists, he is not well-known in the English-speaking world.

His music has many influences: rock, French chanson, Spanish-American salsa and Algerian raï. These influences were obtained from immigrants in France and his travels in Iberoamerica. Some of Chao's lyrics are about love, living in ghettos and immigration, and occasionally carry a left-wing message. He has many followers among the European left and the anti-globalization movement, though some resent his being part of the music establishment.