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Afroreggae
Afroreggae (Grupo Cultural AfroReggae) is a Brazilian cultural organization and fusion band founded in 1993 in Rio de Janeiro by José Júnior to use culture for social reconstruction.
Anitta (singer)
Anitta (Larissa de Macedo Machado), Brazilian pop and funk carioca singer from Rio de Janeiro; broke out with "Show das Poderosas" (2013), first Brazilian VMA winner and Coachella main-stage performer, known for Envolver and Funk Generation.
Banda Uó
Banda Uó is a Brazilian tecnobrega-pop trio formed in Goiânia in October 2010 by Davi Sabbag, Mateus Carrilho, and Mel Gonçalves, known for the viral 2011 hit "Shake de Amor".
Claudinho & Buchecha
Claudinho & Buchecha were a Brazilian funk carioca duo from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, credited with popularizing funk melody in Brazil in the 1990s.
Jammil
Jammil, also known as Jammil e Uma Noites, is a Brazilian axé and pop rock band from Salvador, Bahia, formed in 1994 and known for the hit 'Praieiro'.
Kevin o Chris
Kevin o Chris, born Kevin de Oliveira, is a Brazilian funk carioca MC from Rio de Janeiro, a leading figure of the accelerated 150 BPM funk sound.
MC Cabelinho
MC Cabelinho is the stage name of Victor Hugo Oliveira do Nascimento, a funk and trap singer from the Pavão-Pavãozinho–Cantagalo favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
MC Cebezinho
MC Cebezinho (Wesley Barbosa de Souza) is a Brazilian funk singer from Cidade Tiradentes, São Paulo, behind "The Box Medley Funk 2", Brazil's most-played song of 2024.
MC Daleste
MC Daleste, born Daniel Pedreira Senna Pellegrini, was a Brazilian funk ostentação singer from São Paulo, shot dead on stage in Campinas in 2013 at age 20.
MC Don Juan
MC Don Juan, born Matheus Wallace Mendonça da Cruz in 2001, is a Brazilian funk paulistano singer from São Paulo and one of Brazil's most-streamed artists.
MC Guimê
MC Guimê, born Guilherme Aparecido Dantas Pinho in 1992, is a Brazilian funk singer from Osasco, a leading name of funk ostentação known for 'País do Futebol'.
MC Kekel
MC Kekel is a Brazilian funk singer from Guaianases, São Paulo, whose 2018 duet "Amor de verdade" with MC Rita was Brazil's most-played song on Spotify and YouTube.
MC Kevinho
MC Kevinho is the stage name of Kevin Kawan de Azevedo, a Brazilian funk paulista singer from Campinas best known for the 2016 Carnival hit "Olha a Explosão".
MC Lan
MC Lan, real name Caio Alexandre Cruz, is a Brazilian funk singer known for "Rabetão" and "Rave de Favela", nominated for a 2020 Latin Grammy.
MC Marcinho
MC Marcinho, born Márcio André Nepomuceno Garcia, was a Brazilian funk singer, a leading voice of romantic funk melody, known for "Glamurosa" and "Garota nota 100".
MC Rick
MC Rick (Erick Warley de Oliveira Rodrigues, born 2001) is a Brazilian funk singer and leading name of Funk BH, who broke through nationally in 2020 with "Não Nasceu Pra Namorar".
MC Sapão
MC Sapão, born Jefferson Fernandes Luiz, was a funk carioca MC from Rio de Janeiro's Complexo do Alemão whose hits included 'Eu tô tranquilão' and 'Rei do baile'.
MC Zaac
MC Zaac, born Isaac Daniel Júnior in 1992, is a Brazilian funk singer from Diadema, São Paulo, known for "Bumbum Granada" and collaborations with Anitta.
Mr. Catra
Mr. Catra, born Wagner Domingues Costa, was a Rio de Janeiro singer and composer who became a defining voice of funk carioca, dying in 2018.
Nego do Borel (musician)
Nego do Borel is the stage name of Leno Maycon Viana Gomes, a Brazilian funk carioca singer from Rio de Janeiro who broke through in 2012.
Os Valvulados
Os Valvulados are a Brazilian soul and black-music group from Garanhuns, Pernambuco, formed around 2005 and known for reinterpreting classics of Brazilian popular music, especially 1970s samba-funk.
Rennan da Penha
Rennan da Penha (Rennan Santos da Silva) is a Brazilian funk carioca DJ from Rio de Janeiro, creator of the Baile da Gaiola street party.
Sérgio Mallandro
Sérgio Mallandro, born Sérgio Neiva Cavalcanti, is a Brazilian comedian, singer, and television host who rose to fame on Silvio Santos's SBT in the 1980s.