Biography


Armindo Jose do Nascimento, son of Américo Jose do Nascimento and Noémia Simões Ferreira, born to the 04 of February of 1988, in the province of the Huambo.
I am musician and composer. I started my musical career in 1993, with the artistic name “Rapper Iron”, in the height had 5 years of age.
In 1994, fruit of my talent, I was invited to sing in the infantile program Carousel, of the Public Television of Angola.
Since my actuation in the program Carousel, the recognition on the part of the musical critics, the invitations did not stop to appear. It was thus, that I was invited to participate of the Competition Caluanda Pió, of the National Radio of Angola.
I participated of the choral group Vilipa Kwimbila, infantile group that belonged to the consecrated musical group, the Jingas of the Maculusso.
I was invited to participate in the festival organized for the Association of the Angolan Students in Cuba, an invitation made for the secretary of the JMPLA, Mr. Pablo Pombolo. But it found as me at time of examination, was not possible to participate of this.
One year later, I participated in the Festival of Hip Hop Revolutionary National.
In 1996, the people were magic and admired with the form to sing for being so young in a style of different and problematic music.
In 1997, he was prepared to follow the musical career, but my father was against because he harmed my studies.
After three years, I returned in the world of music. It was not easy and I had exactly to change the style of music for the Kuduro call. As I moved of musical style, also I was obliged to change the name of Rapper Iron for F.R.
In 2001 it was the moment to show to the four places of my country, my talent.
I receive an invitation to participate in the caravan Fesa Kutonoca, one project of the Foundation Eduardo Dos Santos (FESA), where we turn in some parts of the country.
In 2003, I had the chance to enter a musical producer, the Damm Music.
In 2004, I know Hochi Fú, the masked one. It was from this moment, after having done a proper agreement with the masked one, I passed then to usufruct the name of masked.
After  work with Hochi Fú, it came then to produce the first musical work in Video Clip.