Mano Brown | |
Birth Name: | Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira |
Native Name Lang: | Mano Brown, Poeta dos Loucos, Bandido Mau, Brown |
Birth Place: | Santo Antônio do Rio Baixo, Brasil |
Associated Acts: | Racionais MC's |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Years Active: | 1988 – present |
Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (born 22 April 1970, Santo Antônio do Rio Baixo, 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, along with Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões).
In 2008, Rolling Stone chose the 100 greatest artists in Brazilian music;[1] Mano Brown was 28th.[2] His debut solo album Boogie Naipe was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.[3]