Pedro Tertullian came up in Salvador, Bahia, where he sang in church choirs and took in the local sounds of samba, reggae, and axé. He wrote 'Aleluia' in the early 1990s, a song that caught on widely in Brazil and brought him attention abroad. Its melody and lyrics about faith and loss seemed to connect with people.
He also recorded songs like 'Aviva,' 'É Incrível,' and 'Enquanto Há Vida.' In 2003, he was arrested for drug possession, which became a public episode during his career. He kept making music after that, though the existing record of his output is incomplete.
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