funk de raiz (root funk) refers to early funk, widely popular in the decade of the 1990s, where up-and-coming mcs would rap about the life in the community in which they were raised in - this subgenre also has lyrics emphasizing on political issues.

mostly referring to the mid-90s, the poets, or rappers, of funk de raiz would sing about the reality of their surroundings, explaining the issues seen in society at the time as well as giving cultural content with a beat regarding the subversion the country was facing - mc's júnior and leonardo song 'rap das armas' is a song describing the city of rio with remonstration on the violence.