Mano Brown

Birth : 1970-04-22, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

History

Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (São Paulo, April 22, 1970), better known as Mano Brown, is a Brazilian rapper and songwriter. He is one of the members of Racionais MC's, a rap group formed in São Paulo in 1988 and made up of Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões). In October 2008, Rolling Stone magazine promoted the list of the 100 greatest artists in Brazilian music, in which he ranked 28th.

Profile

Movies

Racionais MC's: From the Streets of São Paulo

Self

Armed with music and a message, influential hip-hop group Racionais MC's turned their street poetry into a powerful movement in Brazil and beyond.

Rock in Rio - Racionais 2022

Alan

Self

Alan do Rap was one of the precursors of Hip Hop in Salvador, who to promote his songs would invade the stage of famous hip hop acts and take the mic. Alan's journey shows the difficulties and injustices faced by young blacks from the periphery who try their hand at art and end up clashing with a racist, oppressive, and violent system.

Histórias e Rimas - O Filme

Self

An overview on Brazilian hip hop through interviews with some of its most important artists.

#eagoraoque

An intellectual, his questions and contradictions. How to think and act politically these days?

Sabotage: Maestro do Canão

Self

Mauro Mateus dos Santos was known by another name: Sabotage. Growing up amidst poverty in São Paulo, the musician, who became a legend after his death, is one of the most important names in national rap.

Dexter e Convidados

Marighella

Musician

This communist and parliamentarian leader was arrested and tortured, and became famous for having written the "Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla". Greatest name of the left-wing militancy in Brazil in the 1960s, Carlos Marighella acted in the main political events of Brazil between the 1930s and 1969 and was considered enemy number one of the Brazilian military dictatorship. His life was a great act of resistance and courage.

Racionais MC's - 1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas

Himself

1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas is a live DVD by the Brazilian rap group Racionais MC's, released in 2006.

Aqui Favela, o Rap Representa

The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls

as himself

A documentary that focuses on two young male inhabitants of Recife (statistically, the fourth worst city in the world to live in) who have both reacted strongly to their situation. One has become a drummer in a rap/rock band. The other has killed forty-four people and is now in jail. Both use the term "Wicked Souls" to describe their enemies.

The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls

Music