Pearls Negras: They’re “precious, beautiful, warriors” and Rio’s latest sensation
Note from BW of Brazil: Music from Rio’s favela slums has always been disregarded by those from the middle classes. When Samba first came out […]
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Music to bling to hits Brazil: “ostentation funk” party videos bring the cash, flash and plenty of ass
Note from BW of Brazil: The topic of the music genre known as funk has been featured from time to time on this blog. In […]
Racism on Rio’s beaches: Residents don’t want poor blacks there “dirtying up the beaches”
Note from BW of Brazil: In the news lately have been reports of confusions on some of Rio de Janeiro’s world famous beaches. The controversy […]
Beyoncé-mania hits Brazil as singer arrives for a series of shows; Bey’s performance of popular Rio funk hit inspires song’s group
BW of Brazil: It’s funny how someone’s popularity can go beyond categories and be featured in areas and spaces that they have nothing to do […]
Whiteness and elitization: when black culture and female sexuality are repackaged for mainstream consumption
Note from BW of Brazil: The discussion continues. This blog has already featured singer Anitta and even her dancers on three previous posts. So what’s […]
Passinho: The dance craze coming out of Rio’s favelas
Note from BW of Brazil: Poor people of color always seem to up with creative new means to express themselves. Out of the slums of […]
Girls of funk group, aged 13 to 20, targeted by Public Ministry due to the sexual nature of their performances
Note from BW of Brazil: Actually, I was beginning to wonder if this would ever happen. A little over a week ago, this blog featured […]
Brazilian music sensation “MC Beyoncé” uses the pop princess’s name, Rhianna’s music and blew up on You Tube like Justin Beiber
Funkeira (funk singer) MC Beyoncé Note from BW of Brazil: Alright, so you may or may not be a fan of this type of music; […]
Black Rio: The rise of black music and dances and the interpretation of black American Soul music in Brazil
This article incorporates an article entitled “Black Rio: Brazilian soul and DJ culture’s lost chapter” by Allen Thayer. Note from BW of Brazil: A few weeks […]
Sexually provocative Rio funk rapper/singer Tati Quebra-Barraco recuperates from her 26th plastic surgery
Funk rapper Tati Quebra-Barraco: early 2000s (left) and today Her songs are pure provocation. In her shows, she drives the guys crazy and she […]
Neymar’s blond ambition and the question of racism, identity and marketability of black public figures
Three weeks ago, Brazil’s latest soccer sensation was at the center of another controversy in regards to the question of race. Santos soccer club/Brazilian national […]
After much promise and hype of 90% black cast, Subúrbia TV series descends into familiar clichés and stereotypes about black Brazilians
Back in September when I first read the news that Brazil’s biggest TV network, Globo, was producing a new TV series that featured a 90% Afro-Brazilian […]
Wife of Rio rapper Mr. Catra openly discusses polygamy; she is one of his four “wives” and mother of 4 of his 21 children by 14 women
She openly discusses polygamy as a reality and says that families of middle class neighborhoods are the ones deceiving themselves. Silvia Regina says that in […]
Alexandre Pires’ "Kong" and the Bamboozled image of blackness
Amazing! Absolutely amazing! I admit that when I first saw this video a few weeks ago, a lot of things came to mind but I […]
