• the world as baile funk and Brazilian funk, or even simply funk, is a hip hop-influenced music genre from Rio de Janeiro, blending the rap subgenres...
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    in Rio. A genre unique to Rio and Brazil as a whole is Funk Carioca. While samba music continues to act as the national unifying agent in Rio, Funk Carioca...
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  • funk carioca, a genre that emerged in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. It is also known as funk montagem (funk MTG), funk slowed, funk mandelão...
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  • working on an entirely Brazilian funk album. At the end of January 2023, she was seen filming a series of music videos in Rio de Janeiro for the album. In...
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  • like crystal." All titles composed by Lee Ritenour except where noted "Rio Funk" – 5:10 "San Juan Sunset" (Eumir Deodato) – 5:37 "Rainbow" (Don Grusin)...
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    chart. "Girl from Rio" did not enter the FIMI singles chart, but peaked at number 29 on the Italian Airplay chart. "Girl from Rio" did not enter the...
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    MC Binn (category Brazilian funk singers)
    the agency that was responsible for revealing several other names in Rio funk, including MC Brinquedo. In mid-2016, Binn announced his departure from...
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    label in funk, Furacão 2000. Some time latter, she released her first single "Eu Vou Ficar", which was played on local radio stations in Rio de Janeiro...
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  • Banda Black Rio is a Brazilian musical group from Rio de Janeiro that was formed in 1976. It has a repertoire based on funk but also including samba,...
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    MC Kevin (category Funk carioca musicians)
    was a Brazilian singer of funk carioca and trap, addition to his solo songs, Kevin has a list of collaborative hits with funk artists from São Paulo such...
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    the Rio newspaper O Dia in 1994 entitled, "Funk: Som, Alegria, e Terror," (Funk: Sound, Joy, and Terror). The story described certain baile funk run by...
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    Sérgio Mendes (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    mixed with funk. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as a co-writer of "Real in Rio" from the animated film Rio. Mendes was...
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  • and the single's cover art. The music video for "Funk Rave" was filmed at the end of January 2023 in Rio de Janeiro. A video showing the recording of a...
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    dominant lyrical themes of the Rio de Janeiro scene at the time were criminality and lack of social justice, the first funk ostentação song, "Bonde da Juju"...
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  • studio album, Funk Generation (2024), which highlights the Brazilian funk that has influenced her career. Produced by Live Nation, Baile Funk Experience...
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  • Proibidão (category Funk carioca genres)
    translates to "strongly prohibited", is a subgenre of funk carioca music originating from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro where it began in the early 1990s as...
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  • "Flying Down to Rio" by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver "From Rio with Love" by Jakatta (pseudonym of Dave Lee (DJ)) "Funk Me Down to Rio" by RAH Band "Gavea...
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  • different genres of music while growing up, including post-punk, industrial, funk and R&B. Edwards also stated that he frequented noise concerts and listened...
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    Source Complete. Web. 8 December 2013. Moreno, Carolina. "Brazilian Funk Music: Rio De Janeiro's 'Music From The Favelas' Gains Acceptance (VIDEOS)." The...
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    Kevin O Chris (category Funk carioca musicians)
    Brazilian funk singer from Rio de Janeiro, known as one of the main representatives of the 150 BPM style. Kevin started his career in the funk world in...
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  • Allan Eric Funk (born July 7, 1971) is an American professional wrestler who has previously worked in promotions such as World Championship Wrestling and...
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    MC Marcinho (category Funk carioca musicians)
    career, he was dubbed the "Prince of Funk". Márcio André Nepomuceno Garcia was born in the city of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, on 11 November 1977. His...
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    stations and sold by hundreds of street vendors in Rio de Janeiro and in São Paulo." Thus the funk artists that are in league with the CV sometimes garner...
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    Jorge Ben (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    (Portuguese: [ˈʒɔʁʒi ˈbẽŋ̍]). Performing in a samba style that also explored soul, funk, rock and bossa nova sounds, Ben has recorded such well-known songs as "Chove...
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  • hop Crunk Crunkcore East Coast hip hop Freestyle rap Funk carioca Funk ostentação Frat rap G-funk Hardcore hip hop Dirty rap Gangsta rap Mafioso rap Horrorcore...
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  • played a saxophone solo on "Rio". A synth-pop, new wave and pop rock album with musical elements such as disco and funk, Rio is mostly composed of fast...
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    Incognito (band) (category English funk musical groups)
    Incognito is a British acid jazz band. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981. Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is the band's leader, singer, guitarist...
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    international rips or from previous funk music. Many popular funk songs sampled music from the film Rocky. Funk was popularized in Rio's favelas in the 1980s, with...
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    on the main roster as Alberto Del Rio's bodyguard. During 2012, WWE changed his gimmick to The Funkusaurus, a funk dancer accompanied by his backup dancers...
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  • Attitude" Dave Grusin Harlequin with Dave Grusin (1985) 4:59 2. "Rio Funk"   Rio (1979) 5:08 3. "Night Rhythms"   Festival (1988) 4:32 4. "White Water"...
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