Mixture and resistance in Mapuche rap: champurria in the music of female rappers Fátima Rivera and MC Millaray

Abstract

The article examines the music of women rappers Fátima Rivera and MC Millaray, whose productions are articulated around the notion of Mapuche rap. Through the analysis of two songs, we propose a critical reflection on the identity and discursive hybridity that permeates their artistic proposals, focusing on the concept of champurria, which in Mapudungun (the Mapuche language) means “mixture”. The article discusses how these musical expressions destabilize essentialist visions of indigenous identity and explores rap as a means of agency and positioning in a contemporary context. Thus, we propose that Mapuche rap, in this case performed by women, can be understood as a socially situated practice that connects ancestral heritages with current aesthetic languages and youthful urban experiences.