Brazil s MV Bill raps politics, pandemic in new album
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19/05/2021 - 04:08 Rapper MV Bill, is seen in Rio de Janeiro April 27, 2021 CARL DE SOUZA AFP 3 min
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Brazilian rapper MV Bill s new album is both fresh and old-school, full of rhymes on 2021 politics and the pandemic, but also the same problems he has been chronicling in the favelas for 33 years.
At 47, Alex Pereira Barbosa his real name has earned the right to call himself a veteran of Brazilian rap since his 1988 debut as a teenage hopeful straight out of City of God, the Rio de Janeiro slum made famous in the film of the same name (2002).
Brazil’s MV Bill raps politics, pandemic in new album
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RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Brazilian rapper MV Bill’s new album is both fresh and old-school, full of rhymes on 2021 politics and the pandemic, but also the same problems he has been chronicling in the favelas for 33 years.
At 47, Alex Pereira Barbosa his real name has earned the right to call himself a veteran of Brazilian rap since his 1988 debut as a teenage hopeful straight out of City of God, the Rio de Janeiro slum made famous in the film of the same name (2002).
In some ways, a lot has changed since then: the kid from the neighborhood has achieved fame and acclaim not only as a rapper but an actor, TV presenter, writer, producer and documentary filmmaker.
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