because of its similarities in idealogy to baile funk, cariocas adopted the hip hop rhythm and intigrated it with lyrics relevant to their lifestyle as ewll as language - the internet hepled in the globalization of the movement, granting many cariocas the access to discover and help diffuse it.

brazilian artists like emicida and criolo have gained widespread support thanks to the internet, and a it appears that with them and other mcs, a new brazilian identity seems to be forming within hip hop.