Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The trilingual powerhouse performer set the scene by showcasing a pair of songs off her latest release, the three-track Funk ...

Naming trend began about five years ago, but these bailes are far more than the ear-shattering raves vilified by the authorities It was 4am on a Monday and most of Rio de Janeiro was asleep. But in ...

Exhibition puts music previously shunned by elites as ‘stuff of outlaws’ in long tradition of black culture and resistance Hebert Amorim was eight when he got his first taste of funk carioca (Rio funk ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anitta had never headlined her own concert in the States before Wednesday night’s sold-out show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Yet ...

A cursory listen to Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats might give you the impression that Rio de Janeiro is one big, happy ass-humping utopia, which it is, for a first-class Third World clusterfuck.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – They say everything he touches turns to gold: KondZilla, the man behind the most popular YouTube channel in Latin America, has revolutionized Brazilian funk music, taking favela ...

The Brazilian artist delivered a colorful performance of the Funk Generation tracks. By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, Billboard Español Bem-vindos à Funk Generation. Anitta electrified the crowd ...

The 34-year-old entrepreneur, who grew up in the slums himself, launched his "KondZilla Channel" in 2012. At the time, the music industry had barely taken notice of Brazilian funk, a Rio de ...

Various Artists Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Essay) The sound of this compilation of Brazilian slum-funk put together by a German DJ (Daniel Haaksman) may be familiar. You may have heard a ...