Mano Brown
Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (born 22 April 1970), better known by the artistic name Mano Brown, is a Brazilian rapper, music producer and founding member of the hip hop group Racionais MC's, along with Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões).
Also recorded as Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira
Mano Brown
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- Name
- Mano Brown
- Birth Name
- Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira
- Born
- 22 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Capão Redondo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Full name
- Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira.
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Occupation
- rapper, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer.
- Fields
- hip-hop.
- Honours
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil).
- Languages
- Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.
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Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (born 22 April 1970), better known by the artistic name Mano Brown, is a Brazilian rapper, music producer and founding member of the hip hop group Racionais MC's, along with Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões).
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• Name — Mano Brown • Birth Name — Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira • Born — 22 April 1970 • Birthplace — Capão Redondo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil • Associated Acts — Racionais MC's • Genre — Hip hop • Years Active — 1988–present
Career
Career
In 2008, Rolling Stone chose the 100 greatest artists in Brazilian music; Mano Brown was 28th. His debut solo album Boogie Naipe was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.
Racionais MC's
Racionais MC's
• 1990 – Holocausto Urbano • 1992 – Escolha o Seu Caminho • 1993 – Raio-X do Brasil • 1997 – Sobrevivendo no Inferno • 2001 – Racionais MC's Ao Vivo • 2002 – Nada como um Dia Após o Outro Dia • 2006 – 1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas • 2014 – Cores e Valores
Solo
Solo
• 2016 – Boogie Naipe
Brasília - Os rappers Dexter, Mano Brown e GOG participam, no Museu da República, do encontro Crack, Violência e Ressocialização por meio da Cultura Hip-Hop
Fábio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr · Encontro Crack, Violência e Ressocialização por meio da Cultura Hip Hop
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• Illustration — Mano Brown in 2013
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