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São Paulo

Brazil
Periferia realism · samba & soul loops · trap paulista
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Story, bloodline and 7 names

It started at Estação São Bento, a metro station where b-boys and rappers met every weekend from the mid-80s. Racionais MC's then made Sobrevivendo no Inferno — sold a million copies with no label, no radio and no TV, and is now taught in Brazilian university entrance exams.

Bloodline · 1 stop from The Bronx
  1. 1973The Bronx
  2. 1988São Paulo

TransferSouth Central (LA)

Breakdance films and imported records met every weekend at Estação São Bento, a metro station that functioned as a scene the way a club would anywhere else.

Estação São BentoRacionaisLaboratório Fantasma
Roster
1988
Thaíde & DJ Humdeep cut

The first generation, straight out of São Bento.

YTW
1990
Racionais MC's

Sobrevivendo no Inferno: a million copies, entirely outside the industry.

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2001
Sabotagedeep cut

Rap's Brazilian saint — one album, murdered at 29.

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2009
Emicida

Battle champion turned label owner turned national cultural figure.

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2011
Criolo

Nó na Orelha — rap, samba and MPB with no seam between them.

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2017
Djongadeep cut

Belo Horizonte's furious, essential voice.

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2018
Matuê

Trap brasileiro at global streaming scale.

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