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Villa Kids (Hermanos Villa) is a Latin Indie Norteño Pop band from Simi Valley, California that formed in 2001, consisting of six brothers and sisters: Cynthia Villa (guitar, backing vocals), Lizbeth Villa (guitar, lead vocals), Joel Villa (accordion),Vanessa Villa (bass guitar, backing vocals), Liana Villa (drums, backing vocals), and Jasmeen Villa (percussion, backing vocals).

Early Life
The Villa sisters and brother were all raised in Simi Valley, California. Joel, Vanessa, and Liana were all born in Woodland Hills, California. Cynthia and Lizbeth Villa were born in Ventura, California, and Jasmeen Villa was born in Simi Valley. The band was created in 2001, by Joel Villa, the father, because of Johnny Canales. Joel Villa met Johnny Canales when he worked driving limousines in Simi Valley, California. Joel Villa was driving Johnny Canales in Texas, where he originally is from, when crowds and crowds of people started to grown angry, and they started surrounding the car Johnny Canales was in. Joel Villa saved Johnny Canales by miraculously driving out of the scene. Johnny Canales ended up baptizing one of the members of the group, Jasmeen Villa. Johnny Canales gave Joel Villa the idea of forming a band. The band has been together ever since.

Musical Career
The Villa Kids have been writing their own songs since they started. Until 2011, they started recording them. On March 4, 2011 they released their EP album on itunes, VK (Villa Kids), which contains four tracks, three of which are written and produced by them. The third song is a cover of RBD - Salvame. The Villa Kids have been on their own since they started, Joel Villa, the father, has been their manager. They have sold over 100,000 albums since 2009. They have traveled through all of the United States touring with many artists, such as Ramon Ayala, Ninel Conde, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, etc. The have had concerts in Venice, Italy, all of Mexico, and many states in the Unites States of America.