Her dance-heavy and sex-positive performance included a capoeira battle, risqué imagery, a celebration of favela funk and more. By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, Billboard Español Amid a ...

Anitta unveiled her new Baile Funk Experience Tour today, as she plans to tour across North America (for the very first time), South America, and Europe starting in May. The shows will then continue ...

Gabriela Vallim reflects on the booming interest in baile funk in the UK, and explains the complex social history behind the Brazilian sound and why it's important to recognise its impact as a tool of ...

Anitta had never headlined her own concert in the States before Wednesday night’s sold-out show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Yet it was hard to believe it was her first time after witnessing the ...

On a hot summer night in July in Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts District, the cozy bookstore/bar The Wild Detectives was transformed into a pulsating nightclub. Gone was the long refectory table full of ...

Funk Carioca is dirty dancing at its dirtiest, and lyrics at the height of vulgarity. It can be heard throughout the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, all day and night long, from cars, houses, and bailes ...

Rihanna‘s performance at the Super Bowl Halftime show on Sunday evening was as serviceable as one could expect from a celebrity who has transcended modern pop stardom. Her first live performance in ...

High up in a crudely constructed bare-concrete home in the favela of Mangueira, a Funk Carioca beat crackles from tinny smartphone speakers. It's the rhythm of Rio de Janeiro's vibrant hillside ...

The funk mineiro sound DJ Anderson do Paraíso helped pioneer has brought global attention to Belo Horizonte's music scene. The Brazilian pioneer shares a bare bones mix of the style and speaks to ...

In 2011, Konrad Dantas was not having much success as an aspiring Brazilian rapper. But when he started making music videos, he realized he had a knack for it; at one point, he put together 14 clips ...

Once the rage in Rocinha, Rio’s biggest slum, hardcore funk dance parties have become tamer since police reasserted control in November after expelling drug barons who ruled the area for 30 years.