What is Afrobeta? Vegetable? Mineral? Animal? Or something else entirely? Recent studies suggest Afrobeta is Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio. Astute Afrobeta-watchers can recognize Cuci by her sultry voice, swinging hips, and colorful plumage; and Smurphio by his frenetic fingers, booty basslines, and impressive towering mane. Afrobeta were first discovered in 2006 in the tropical monsoon environs of Miami, where Smurphio had been playing keyboards with the likes of Suenalo, Bacilos and Pitbull, and Cuci had been acting in independent films and commercials and singing with electro-acoustic outfit OrganicArma. Full of funky synths, skittering beats, infectious melodies, and bilingual seduction, Afrobeta has quickly achieved a cult following.