MC Vitor is Victor Hugo de Almeida from Rio de Janeiro's favelas. His music came up through Brazilian funk, with its heavy beats and direct lyrics about life in those neighborhoods. The song "Descendo Sem Parar" got big in 2017, pulling in listeners with its energy and straightforward talk about the streets.
That track and others like "Evolução" and "Só Vai" put him in the middle of arguments about what funk should say. Some people thought his words about violence and drugs were too much, while others heard something real in them. He put out an album called "Favela Vive 2" in 2018, which had him working with MC Kevinho and MC Hariel. The record did well, finding its audience without smoothing out the edges of his style.
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