Mano Brown

Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (born 22 April 1970, São Paulo, Brazil), better known by the artistic name Mano Brown, is a Brazilian rapper, music producer, and founding member of the hip hop group Racionais MC's. He founded the group along with Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves), and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões). In 2008 Rolling Stone created a list of the 100 greatest artists in Brazilian music; Mano Brown was the 28th. His debut solo album Boogie Naipe was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.