Gil Semedo Moreira is a singer from Cabo Verde and is one of the main interpreters of the caboswing, a musical genre closely related to kizomba and zouk. It is also closely related to funana and coladera. Semedo was born in the city of Chäo de Tanque on the island Santiago, but lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since he was six. When he was a teenager, he formed his own band and won the very popular Dutch televised song contest Soundmix Show with a impersonation of Michael Jackson.
