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Zé Gaguinho
Zé Gaguinho came up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the early 1980s. His father was in prison, and he dealt with a speech impediment that brought him...
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Zé Gaguinho came up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the early 1980s. His father was in prison, and he dealt with a speech impediment that brought him discrimination. He started writing songs as a teenager anyway.
In 2004 he put out his first album, called 'Gaguinho.' The title track caught on quickly, though the lyrics about poverty and violence drew some criticism. He's made eight studio albums since, working mostly alone but with various musicians on recordings and shows.
His music pulls from funk, rap, and samba. It connected with people in marginalized neighborhoods, who heard their own stories in songs like 'Gaguinho.'
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