Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times

Rap leaps into Brazil’s spotlight

tee: <a href='http://framework.latimes.com/2013/05/23/preserving-d-day-memories-with-a-tattered-flag/#comment-81471' title='View the entire comment by tee'>I&#039;m proud of Lt. Charles
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Posted By: Albert Lee
Posted On: 12:34 p.m. | September 24, 2012

Emicida and Criolo are among the popular singers taking on the issues of poverty and corruption in Sao Paulo and beyond. They are leading the charge as rap and hip-hop emerge from the country’s impoverished favelas and into the mainstream.

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