the ide a and style of music known as rap can be traced back to the african riots, native to west africa, but was not popularized until it arrived to the poor boroughs of new york city in the 60s, where most of its pioneers resided - in the late 80s, brazil was introduced to this genre of rhythm and poetry.

rap was first seen as a violent and an irrelevant form of music, not favored by the mainstream, and is somewhat still somewhat still approached with this stereotype - with time it began to create a devoted fan base, particularly in big cities like săo paulo and rio de janeiro, where the sound, as well as events, were more accessible.