Luiza Yara Lopes Silva (September 8, 1982), better known as Yzalú, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. She drew attention when interpreting the song ''"Mulheres Negras"'' (2012). With the participation of the rapper

Eduardo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footballer, born 1 ...

, evidencing the reality of the women in Brazil, the music became symbol of the black feminism in the country.

Career

Yzalú was born in

São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of . According to 2021 data from ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

on September 8, 1982. Yzalú began her career at age 16 when she lived in

Salvador, Bahia Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognize ...

, improving her knowledge of the guitar. Her influence comes from the American rapper

Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American musician. She is celebrated as one of the most influential musical artists of her generation. Hill is credited with breaking barriers for female rappers, contributing to the popular music, m ...

, one of the greatest rap artists of the 1990s. In 2003, Yzalú began performing in bars and ballads in São Paulo interpreting MPB's hits. She was invited to join the female rap group of São Bernardo do Campo Essência Black, formed by Regiane Oliveira and Elisângela Oliveira, starting to perform in theaters in the city, partnering with other artists in the region, such as hip hop group Ordem Própria. In 2005, the artist had to leave the music to dedicate herself to work and studies to be able to keep up. She studied marketing at the Methodist University and in 2008 decided to return to music motivated by her brother who influenced the idea of making some homemade videos in the staircase of Jardim Farina neighborhood of her hometown singing classic

Brazilian hip hop Brazilian hip hop is a national music genre in Brazil. From its earliest days in the African-Brazilian communities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the genre has grown into a countrywide phenomena. Rappers, DJs, break dancers and graffiti artists ...

. In 2012, she was invited to participate in the DVD of the rap group Detentes do Rap. With the participation of several Brazilian artists such as Mano Brown,

Dexter Dexter may refer to: People * Dexter (given name) * Dexter (surname) * Dexter (singer), Brazilian rapper Marcos Fernandes de Omena (born 1973) * Famous Dex, also known as Dexter, American rapper Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. (born 1993) Places United ...

, DBS & A Quadrilha, Realidade Cruel and

Ferréz Ferréz (Reginaldo Ferreira da Silva) (born 1975) is a Brazilian author, rapper, cultural critic and activist from Zona Sul (Southern Borough) favela of Capão Redondo in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a leader of Literatura Marginal (Marginal Literatur ...

. In 2016, Yzalú released her first CD titled, ''" Minha Bossa É Treta"'', produced by Marcelo Sanches, the album transits in MPB,

Samba Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

and Bossa Nova. In 2016, in a presentation at Sesc in São Paulo, where she sang a song ''"Figura Difícil"'' with the name of rapper

Sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization (warfare), demoralization, destabilization, divide and rule, division, social disruption, disrupti ...

, the song was released on the newly released album.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Minha Bossa É Treta'' (2016)

References

External links

* * at

Discogs Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''T ...

1982 births Living people Brazilian women rappers Brazilian women singer-songwriters Afro-Brazilian women singers People from São José dos Campos 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian women composers 21st-century Brazilian women guitarists 21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters {{Brazil-musician-stub