At the beginning of the 80’s, the genre Miami Bass was imported from Miami to Rio de Janeiro by a young man called Fernando Luiz that later went under the artistic name DJ Marlboro. Those rhythms would make everyone at the party dance creating choreographies and have fun. Rio de Janeiro city is not only famous for the amazing beaches, the paradise view, Christ the Redeemer (one of the Seven Wonders of the World and also a World Heritage), and Carnival, it is where Funk Carioca was born as well, in the 80’s.Įven though the genre is one hundred percent Brazilian, the background and its influence had came from the upper part of the American continent, the United State to be exactly, where the idea of Funk music is totally different from what we know under that same name in Brazil.įunk Carioca’s history started back in late 1970 when there were happening parties in the suburb of Rio de Janeiro and DJs would play American music such as Funk, R&B and Soul.
The large country makes it possible for each region to have your own strong culture that was built over the years of miscegenation of different ethnic groups that resulted in the Brazilian population.
How Brazil reinvented the genre of Funk Carioca and the importance for the Favela populationīrazil is well-known for its expressive and diverse culture.
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