Category: Brazil

  • Hip-hop brasiliero

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    Recently I watched the movie Antonia, a movie about a female hip-hop group from São Paulo. It has a gritty, authentic feel (and features real-life Brazilian rap artists), made by the same filmmakers who did the heartbreaking City of God. A few years after City of God, an inspiring documentary came out called Favela Rising,…

  • From DC to Digable Planets to DJ LadybugMek

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    Having lived in Washington DC for five years, I love the unique mix of musical culture and history of that city as well as Maryland and Virginia: Shaw Neighborhood, Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant, U St. Cardoza, Takoma Park, Mt. Ranier, hip-hop, R&B, 9:30 Club, Black Cat, Blues Alley, spoken word poetry, salsa, Afro-beat, Bossa Nova,…

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