{"id":63072,"date":"2021-02-26T13:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=63072"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:08:37","slug":"veiled-racism-in-the-criminalization-of-carioca-funk-part-1-let-the-favela-win-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=63072","title":{"rendered":"Veiled Racism in the Criminalization of Carioca Funk, Part 1: ‘Let the Favela Win, Shine!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the first of two articles on the criminalization of funk music and oppression of black favela culture. Read part 2 here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Judiciary and the Criminalization of Funkeiros<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cLet the favela win, shine, and don\u2019t try and destroy this!!\u201d and \u201cI made mistakes, I paid for them, I turned things around, and now I\u2019m at the top. The top, where the guy from a favela can never be, because if he gets there, he\u2019s a gangster\u201d\u2014<\/span>these are the writings on the Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> profiles of Marlon Couto da Silva, 20, the singer MC Poze do Rodo, also known as the Pitbull of Funk, right after charges were pressed against him for association with drug trafficking, promoting crime and corruption of minors<\/a>. The charges were presented by the Rio de Janeiro court of justice<\/a> (TJ-RJ) and accepted by the Rio de Janeiro public prosecutor\u2019s office (MP-RJ), and his provisional arrest was decreed.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Deixa a favela vencer brilha e n\u00e3o tenta destruir isso !! 😞<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mc Poze Do Rodo 🚩🎶 (@McPozedorodo) July 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n