Cidinho and Doca (in

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

Cidinho e Doca, also as Cidinho & Doca) is a

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-based

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ian

rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

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made up of Sidney da Silva (''MC Cidinho'') and Marcos Paulo de Jesus Peixoto (''MC Doca''), two "

proibidão Proibidão, which literally translates to "strongly prohibited", is a subgenre of funk carioca music originating from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro where it began in the early 1990s as a parallel phenomenon to the growth of drug gangs in the many ...

pers.

Rapping career

"Proibidão" refers to songs whose airplay is legally prohibited in Brazil due to alleged crime apology and promotion of drugs and arms usage. The duo are known for their rendition of "

Rap das Armas "Rap das Armas" ( en, "Rap of Weapons") is a 1990s song originally written and performed by Brazilian duo Júnior e Leonardo. It has lyrics in Brazilian Portuguese written on the melody of the 1986 song " Your Love" by the English rock band The O ...

" ( en, Rap of Weapons), a 1990s song originally by Junior e Leonardo, a song that also appeared on the soundtrack of the film ''

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'' (in

''Tropa de Elite''), the highest-grossing film of 2007 in

. The song illustrates the daily invasion of

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by the elite squad of the Brazilian police in order to fight crime and

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. Despite its popularity, "Rap das Armas" was never played on the Brazilian radio and was removed from the film's soundtrack album two weeks after its release, because it allegedly praises weapons and lawlessness. Cidinho and Doca became very popular internationally through a series of remixes of their song "Rap das Armas". Originally a hit in

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in 2008, it became a hit all over Europe. A remix made by DJ Quintino reached the number-one spot on both the

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s in February 2009. The song also reached the top of the

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in the summer of 2009.

Discography

Albums

* 1995: ''Eu Só Quero É Ser Feliz'' * 1998: ''É O Bonde da C.D.D'' * 2000: ''Desarme-se'' * 2008: ''Rap das Armas''

Singles

*1994: "Rap das Armas" (in Brazil) *1995: "Rap da Felicidade" (in Brazil) *2008: "

" (in Europe) *2009: "Rap das Armas (Lucano Radio Mix)"

References

External links

Cidinho-Doca Site
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