It was goodbye for one of soccer's most adored national teams. Brazil, five-time World Cup winners, lost to Croatia in the quarterfinals on Friday. Despite the disappointment, the "Joga Bonito" team ...

Da "Melô da mulher feia" do MC Abdulah às mulheres-fruta, o funk carioca comemora 20 anos de existência em 2009. Seu marco zero é o disco “Funk Brasil”, de 1989, produzido pelo DJ Marlboro. A ...

A cantora e compositora celebra os 30 anos de 'Da Lata', álbum que marcou sua carreira ao colocar o samba em diálogo direto com o funk ...

Brazil loves to dance, and it’s only natural that their representatives at the World Cup would dance as well. Richarlison’s signature Dança do Pombo, Paqueta’s fancy footwork, and Vinicius’ hip shakes ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4765058/4765059" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Funk ...

Funk Carioca is dirty dancing at its dirtiest, and lyrics at the height of vulgarity. It can be heard throughout the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, all day and night long, from cars, houses, and bailes ...

Anitta is preparing for a new era of music! The Brazilian star revealed new details about her upcoming album and fans are going crazy, as this means she will be releasing new hits and visuals in 2023.

A couple of days ago a reader disputed my claim that Tetine was behind the curve, gently calling me a “clueless American crit.” Because the duo hosts a radio show on England’s Resonance station called ...

With its distinctive sound and often pornographic lyrics the funk music sound of Rio de Janeiro's shanty towns - funk carioca - used to be a male-dominated world. Born in the 1980s in Rio's poorest ...