with hits charting in the brazilian billboard, funk carioca  grew permanent roots in rio de janeiro's music scene, and its rhythms are now part of many of the street parties during carnival festivities.

being funk carioca a very adaptable genre, quick to absorbs elements from any other rhythm raging from metal rock to house music,  it is now one of the most appealing genres of music to young revelers across rio de janeiro.

as of 2000, carioca funk splintered into a number of different sub-genres, and some divergent tastes can be put down to feelings about these specific factions - while they can be difficult to distinguish, they do in fact have unique characteristics that separate them from the others.