Rio de Janeiro authorities say the son of a popular Brazilian funk singer has been shot dead during a police raid in the City of God slum. A police statement says 19-year-old Yuri Lourenco da Silva, the son of singer Tati Quebra Barraco, and another man were killed in the operation ea...
her brassy baile funk single “Vai Malandra” became the first Brazilian song ever to debut on Spotify’s Viral Global 50 chart. Soon there will be more: Baile funk, which Brazilians just call funk, is the latest strain of Latin American popular...
“We were very nicely surprised by the size the festival took this year,” explained Béco Dranoff, a Brazilian music producer/filmmaker who was welcomed on board as co-producer this year. “I’ve been here pushing and pulling Brazilian music for over 20 years, and finally it’s re...