14 Oct 2023
— 00:00
— Stage Halfpipe
Ary Rafeiro invites Viva o Samba and Stevao NDM
Ary sees himself as a "mongrel," someone of impure origin.
He is not just a blend of colours, accents, and styles, between the Rocinha slum and the suburbs of Lisbon; he is also a fusion of sounds and cultures. He discovered rap with Racionais MC's and Gabriel o Pensador, but was raised on samba, pagode, carioca funk, as well as kuduro, afrobeat, kizomba, and funaná — a blend evident in his debut album, Contos de Amor de Um Bom Malandro (Tales of Love from a Good Scoundrel).
With guests Viva o Samba and Stevao NDM, he aims to merge rap with samba to prove that the streets of Lisbon exude Brazilian vibes.