Brazilian hip hop

Brazilian hip hop is one of the world's major hip hop scenes, with active rap, break dance, and graffiti scenes, especially in São Paulo, where groups tend to have a more international style, influenced by old school hip hop and gangsta rap.

São Paulo's hip hop scene is largely influenced by social inequality and racial factors. Rappers like Racionais MC's focus on criticizing the city's unequal wealth distribution, the lack of opportunity given to children growing up in the slums, and São Paulo state's corrupt government, and avidly promote an anti drug-use agenda.

In other major cities like Rio de Janeiro and Recife, hip hop also appears in fusion styles. In Recife, '90s born manguebeat mixes regional folk styles as maracatu and coco with hardcore punk rock and hip hop. In Rio de Janeiro in the late '90s, bands such as Marcelo D2's Planet Hemp opened the way to hip hop and samba fusions. Brazilian funk was considered somewhat naive until its sudden "rediscovery" in 2000s, following the international fad towards the "exotic" style.

Artists

São Paulo

• Racionais MC's
• Thaide
• DJ Hum
• Rappin' Hood
• Pavilhão Nove

Rio de Janeiro

• MV Bill
• Marcelo D2
• Gabriel, O Pensador

Recife (manguebeat)

• Chico Science
• Mundo Livre S/A

Films

• São Paulo, le rap de la saturation. Directed by Yves Billon.

External links

• "Brazilian Rap", from AllBrazilianMusic site
• "Brazilian Hip-Hop Material and Ideology: A Case of Cultural Design", by Derek Pardue (March 2005)

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