New Orleans, originally a French territory, was a hub for Atlantic slave trade before it was sold to the United States. Bounce music, which originates from New Orleans, Louisiana, also has a similar beat. Many similar types of music genres can be found in Caribbean island nations such as Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Haiti, Puerto Rico, among others. This genre of music was mainly started by those in black communities in Brazil, therefore a boiling pot of influences to derive the trademark. The same beat is found in Afro-Religious music in the African diaspora and many black Brazilians identify as being part of this religion. Various African religions like vodun, and candomble were brought with the enslaved Africans to the Americas. Along with the Miami influence came the longtime influence of the slave trade in Colonial Brazil. Miami was a popular plane stop for Rio DJs to buy the latest American records. The reason why these genres, very localized in the US, became popular and influential in Rio de Janeiro is due to proximity. Funk carioca was born in the 1980s in Rio de Janeiro's favelas.įunk carioca was once a direct derivative of samba, Miami bass, Latin music, traditional African religious music, Candomble, hip-hop and freestyle (another Miami-based genre) music from the US.
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