The RAP scene in Campinas

• Grant number: 18/24423-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2019
• End date: November 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Music
• Principal Investigator: Suzel Ana Reily
• Grantee: Victor Henrique Robonato
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/05318-7 - Local musicking: new pathways for ethnomusicology, AP.TEM

Abstract

Within the hip-hop culture that emerged in the United States, there are three aspects: Rap, Graffite, and Break. In music, there is rap, which has spread widely throughout Brazil, especially in São Paulo, where it takes on many forms and gains strength through its many voices in the peripheries. Brazilian Rap has many singularities, compared to the American form, and in the city of Campinas this is no different. This project aims to understand how this music develops and assumes forms in this specific environment, taking account of thematic issues and specifically musical aspects. In addition, it will observe how the existing spaces for this type of musical manifestation are configured and affect all involved in its processes of production, performance and assimilation. The research will be undertaken through the collection of data by testimonials, interviews, and follow-ups of the presentations of the groups in the local scene of the Campinas and metropolitan region. The data will be analyzed and used to achieve a better understanding of how this site affects and modifies a form of music that was first seen as "foreign", focusing specifically on the contexto of Campinas.