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Rio Hosts Tribute Concert to Hip Hop Legend Tupac Shakur on Saturday

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Saturday, September 15th, ‘Baile do Ademar’ (Ademar’s Dance) will present ‘2PAC the Tribute’ a night of music dedicated to the late...

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Gringos Love Baile Funk

By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Though imported as ‘Baile Funk’ around the world, the name given to the often primitive, always pounding sounds of Rio’s hillsides, raves and definitely...

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A Short History of Baile Funk

By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter The Formative Years – Rio's Black Music Explosion The name Funk Carioca is taken directly from the musical genre pioneered by James Brown in the mid 1960s after he seized...

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Baile Funk’s Electro 80’s

By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter A Short History Of Baile Funk Part 2, The 1980s Electro Revolution RIO DE JANEIRO - Afrika Baambaata grew up in The Bronx, New York, and is widely regarded as the...

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21st Century Funk

By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter A Short History Of Baile Funk Part 3, Funk Enters The 21st Century RIO DE JANEIRO - By the turn of the millennium Funk Carioca was slowly seeping out of Rio and Brazil and...

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Blanquito, a Gringo’s Baile Funk

By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the distinct sounds of Rio, Baile Funk can be heard blasting from the many favelas of the city, even from long distances due...

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Passinho Dance-Offs Unite Communities

By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Around 25,000 people gathered in Parque de Madureira in Rio’s Zona Norte (North Zone) Sunday, April 28th, for the third annual Batalha do...

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New Music Sounds in Rio de Janeiro

By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Cidade Maravilhosa is a place known for the cultural and ethnic diversity of its people, and the music varies and blends as much as...

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Rio Parada Funk 2013 Music Festival

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Dubbed the biggest baile funk (Carioca funk music party) in the world, the Rio Parada Funk (The Rio Funk Stop) returns with its...

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Rio’s Fundição Progresso Wraps Year with a Celebration of Carioca Funk

By Sarah Brown, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fundição Progresso celebrates five years of Baile do Bené on Friday, December 23rd which tributes Carioca funk music. The night will bring...

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