MC Filipe Ousado came up in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Maré, one of the city's larger favelas. He started performing on the streets there before his song 'A Pentada Não Acabou' caught on in 2013. That track, along with 'Bonde No Poder,' gave him a platform in Brazilian funk.
His music got attention outside Brazil too, and he ended up performing at international festivals. The sound was rooted in funk carioca, which mixes local rhythms with hip-hop elements. For a while, he worked with artists like Major Lazer and Snoop Dogg.
Like a lot of artists who come up fast from the favelas, Ousado's career had its share of legal issues and public disputes. The specifics tend to get blurred in the telling, but those challenges became part of his story in the press.
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