abstract
| - One of the main Brazilian rap and hip hop groups, Racionais MC's appeared in the outskirts of São Paulo in the 80's, introducing a political speech in favor of the outcast population from big Brazilian cities. In 1988, they made their first recording, which was included in the compilation entitled %22Consciência Black%22. Two years later, the group recorded their first solo album, %22Holocausto Urbano%22. The album %22Sobrevivendo no Inferno%22 made Racionais famous and sold 1,500,000 copies. Still, the group adopted a dubious attitude in relation to the media and the record industry, which they regard as part of the system they fight against. The group: Mano Brown (Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira), Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) & DJ KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões).
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