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  2. Proibidão - Wikipedia

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    The drug gangs sponsored DJs and baile funks in the favelas they controlled to spread respect and love for their gang as well as hate to the other gangs. The music that resulted is proibidão. Proibidão is characterized as a raw mix of live funk vocals and Miami bass structures. The explicit lyrics typically promote the gang the MC is ...

  3. Favela - Wikipedia

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    Recently, funk carioca, a type of music popularized in the favelas has also become popular in other parts of the world. [30] This type of music often features samples from other songs. Popular funk artists include MC Naldo and Buchecha [30] Bailes funk are forms of dance parties that play this type of funk music and were popularized in favelas ...

  4. Funk carioca - Wikipedia

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    Funk carioca (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɐ̃k(i) kɐɾiˈɔkɐ,-kaɾ-]), also known as favela funk, in other parts of the world as baile funk and Brazilian funk, or even simply funk, is a Brazilian hip hop-influenced music genre from Rio de Janeiro, taking influences from musical styles such as Miami bass and freestyle.

  5. Armed conflict for control of the favelas - Wikipedia

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    Organized crime is intrinsically intertwined with Greater Rio de Janeiro's history, growing with the development of the cities zones and their favelas.Rio de Janeiro is unique in that it has some of its wealthiest, tourist-driven communities located nearby neighborhoods that face high proportions of violence and criminal presence.

  6. Solar power project in Brazil favelas hopes to shine in G20 ...

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    For residents of Morro da Babilonia, one of Rio de Janeiro's underdeveloped 'favela' neighborhoods, geopolitics rarely enters daily conversation, but as the city readies to host leaders from the ...

  7. Crime in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    A program to combat gangs and gang-centered violence known as the Pacifying Police Unit (PPU) was introduced in the traditionally violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro in 2008 and 2009. PPU personnel are well-educated and trained in both human rights and modern police techniques; their aim is to supplant the community presence of gangs as central ...

  8. List of favelas in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of favelas in Brazil. This Portuguese word is commonly used in Brazil. Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte. Aglomerado da Serra; Morro do Papagaio;

  9. Clear Channel memorandum - Wikipedia

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    The Clear Channel memorandum contains songs that, in their titles or lyrics, vaguely refer to open subjects intertwined with the September 11 attacks, such as airplanes, collisions, death, conflict, violence, explosions, the month of September, Tuesday (the day of the week the attacks occurred) and New York City, as well as general concepts that could be connected to aspects of the attacks ...