Many of Brazilian funk's female MCs are unabashedly feminist. Women around the world are tuning in
first heard the word “feminism” in 2015 from friends who were taking Brazil’s college entrance exam, on which a question about it appeared. She was 22, and a rising star in the world ofMC
Carol, as she is known, released a song called “100% Feminista”. The lyrics describe her tough childhood: “I was five but I already understood/that a woman gets hit if she doesn’t make food,” she rapped. It was a hit. That did not stop nasty comments on social media about her appearance. “It’s not just hard to be a woman singing funk,” saysFunk, which has roots in American hip hop, is performed mostly by men. Its critics say its lyrics promote misogyny, promiscuity and crime.
Female funk performers and their messages bring new life to the subgenre “conscientious funk”, says Andressa Oliveira of Liga do Funk, a group in São Paulo that trains artists. It draws some of its energy from opposition to Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has aggressively conservative views on social issues.Rebecca, who came out as bisexual on Twitter, wrapped herself in a rainbow flag in a music video. Women are listening.
Female stars are giving Brazilian funk global appeal. Larissa Machado, who calls herself Anitta, started out in a church choir, made her name in Rio’s funk scene and now has 37m Instagram followers, many of them abroad. The video for “Vai Malandra” , which was filmed in a Rio favela, has been viewed 352m times on YouTube. Anitta refused to airbrush out the cellulite on her thighs, delighting women. “Vai Malandra” is the first Portuguese-language song to reach Spotify’s Global Top 50 list.
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