one of the first brazilian 'rappers' to enjoy success was gabriel contino, from a white middle class family, who was a teen who wrote intellectual lyrics about controversies dominating brazil and other world issues - his stage name is gabriel o pensador and his first gigantic hit was 'tô feliz, matei o presidente ' (i'm happy, i killed the president) in 1992 - the song deals with the then president of brazil who was forced to resign due to a corruption scandal.

here is a list of venues one can visit to listen and dance to rap on a wednesday.