ProfJam

Mário Cotrim, mostly known by his stage name ProfJam (born 6 June 1991[1]), is a Portuguese rapper and hip hop singer.[2][3][4]

ProfJam
Birth nameMário Cotrim
Born (1991-06-06) 6 June 1991
Lisbon, Portugal
GenresRap, hip hop tuga
Occupation(s)Rapper
LabelsThink Music
Websitehttp://www.profjam.pt/

Career

Profjam started doing his own rhymes in 2008. His first exposition to the Hip Hop audience occurred when he participated in the Portuguese competition "Liga Knockout", where rappers had to make their own rhymes in order to defeat their opponent in a 1v1 punchlines battle.[5]

Later on, after dropping from a Computer Science and Information Systems degree at Instituto Superior Técnico, he went to London to pursue a degree on Audio Production, in the SAE Institute.

In 2016, he created his own record label, Think Music Records. The label has been growing over the years and has become one of the most popular Hip Hop labels in Portugal. Think Music Records produced for known Portuguese artists such as Yuzi, SippinPurpp, Mike El Nite, Lon3r Johny, among others.[6]

In January 2019, it was announced that ProfJam will perform on the main stage of Super Bock Super Rock 2019, on 20 July.[7] In 2018 he performed at the same music festival but on the secondary stage.[8]

After he released his album #FFFFFF in February 2019, the numbers started to appear, as almost every song on the album got to the top 100 of Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa singles charts. The song "Tou Bem" featuring Lhast, got to the number 1 spot on the Portuguese charts and on the main social media streaming services, like YouTube or Spotify. The records, "Água de Côco" and "Tou Bem" reached the platinum certification as they got over 20,000 sales registered by AFP. The album reached the number 1 spot on the Portuguese charts in March 2019.[9][10]

On 5 August 2020, ProfJam will perform at the MEO Stage of MEO Sudoeste.[11](Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[12])

Personal life

On 10 October 2019, he was hospitalized after suffering from a psychosis due to drug abuse while he was writing his new song "Anjos e Demónios".[13]

Discography

Mixtapes
Title Details
The Bing Banger Theory
  • Released: 6 June 2014 (POR)
  • Label: ASTROrecords
Mixtakes

Studio albums
Title Details Certifications Peak chart positions
POR
[14]
#FFFFFF AFP: Gold 1
#000000 — —
L.S.D. "Love Songs Die" — —

Collaborative albums
Title Details Certifications Peak chart positions
POR
[14]
System (with Benji Price) — —

As lead artist
List of singles, with selected details and chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
POR

[14]

"Xamã" 2016 — Non-album single(s)
"Mortalhas" 2017 —
"Yabba" 2018 —
"Gwapo"
(featuring Yuzi)		 —
"Água de Côco" 8 AFP: 2x Platinum #FFFFFF
"Tou Bem"
(with Lhast)		 1 AFP: 3x Platinum
"À Palavra" 2019 15
"À Vontade"
(feat Fínix MG)		 4 AFP: Platinum
"Caveira" 47
"Interlúdio" 65
"Malibu" 14 AFP: Platinum
"Minha" 20
"Na Zona" 38
"O Hino" 36
"Se Calhar" 50
"Badman Ting"
(with Benji Price)		 — Non-album single(s)
"Hei" 2020 7 L.S.D. "Love Songs Die"
"Sistema"
(with Benji Price)		 27 System
"Tribunal"
(with Benji Price)		 13
"Finais"
(with Benji Price)		 36
"Xpidi"
(with Benji Price)		 50
"Lutei"
(with Benji Price)		 62
"#24"
(with Benji Price)		 55
"Perfection"
(with Benji Price)		 56
"Crânio"
(with Benji Price)		 70
"Origami"
(with Benji Price)		 81
"Sempre"
(with Benji Price)		 78
"Imortais"
(with Benji Price)		 80
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
POR

[14]

"Pensa Bem"
(D.A.M.A featuring ProfJam)		 2017 68 AFP: Platinum Lado a Lado
"Havana"
(SippinPurpp featuring ProfJam)		 2019 68 — 3880
"Damn / Sky"
(Lon3r Johny featuring ProfJam)		 2020 18 — Non-album single(s)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards
Year Award Nominee Category Result
2019 PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards "Água de Côco" Best Videoclip[15] Nominated
Vodafone Best Song[16] Nominated
2019 MTV Europe Music Award ProfJam Best Portuguese Act Nominated
2020 PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards #FFFFFF Best Album Nominated
"Hear From You" (featuring) Best Videoclip Won

See also

References
  1. "ProfJam on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  2. "ProfJam". Genius. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  3. "ProfJam - Site Oficial". Profjam - Palavras Ritmadas Ouvidas Finitamente (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  4. "ProfJam". PortuCult. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  5. "Entrevista Oficial ProfJam". Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  6. "Arquivo de think music • Hip Hop Rádio". Hip Hop Rádio (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  7. "SIC Notícias | ProfJam e Masego atuam no Super Bock Super Rock a 20 de julho". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  8. "ProfJam e Isaura entre as novas confirmações do Super Bock Super Rock 2018". Rimas e Batidas (in Portuguese). 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  9. "ProfJam: #1 lugar do TOP Nacional de Vendas com o #FFFFFF". Sony Music Entertainment Portugal. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  10. "ProfJam: #FFFFFF em primeiro lugar na tabela de discos mais vendidos em Portugal e concerto esgotado em Lisboa". Rimas e Batidas (in Portuguese). 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  11. https://sudoeste.meo.pt. "MEO Sudoeste". MEO Sudoeste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  12. "COVID-19 pandemic in portugal".
  13. "Anjos e Demónios levam ProfJam ao inferno". www.cmjornal.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  14. Hung, Steffen. "portuguesecharts.com - Portuguese charts portal". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  15. "Play Prémios da Música Portuguesa – Melhor Videoclipe". Play - Prémios da Música Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  16. "Play Prémios da Música Portuguesa – Vodafone Melhor Canção". Play - Prémios da Música Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-04-01.
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