Marcelino Ferrer came up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, where he started singing and playing guitar. He drew from samba and MPB, the popular Brazilian music of his time.
In 1989, his song "Anjos de Rua" got attention across Brazil. The track seemed to speak to people in the city's poorer neighborhoods. He put out other songs like "Inspiração" and "Lua" in the years that followed.
Ferrer sometimes wrote about social issues, which led to some criticism. He kept recording through the 1990s, with albums like Gente Humilde and O Samba do Povo.
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