Brazilian Rapper Shot and Killed on Stage

09 Jul, 2013

Brazilian funk artist Daniel Pellegrine, known as MC Daleste, is dead after being shot in the abdomen Saturday night while performing in the city of Campinas.

Pellegrine was mid-song when a bullet struck him, causing the 20-year-old performer to fall back in a sitting position before others on stage came to his aide. The incident was caught on video and uploaded to YouTube, where it has nearly 4 million views.

The rapper/singer was performing at a public housing building in the neighborhood of San Martin. Police say he died early Sunday after being brought to a nearby hospital.

No information has been released on potential suspects or whether any arrests have been made.

MC Daleste was a member of the Sao Paulo-centered “Ostentatious Funk” scene, a bling-obsessed and violent brand of rap over looped beats. Also called Sao Paulo funk, the club genre is an offshoot of Rio’s Funk Carioca, rooted in that city’s impoverished favelas and known for its empowering conscious messages and sexy groove.

On “Apologia,” one of MC Daleste’s songs, he raps “killing the police is our goal” and recites a list of weapons over the continuous sound of gunfire.

Police in Campinas, located in the São Paulo State in Brazil’s Southeast region, told Brazilian media Monday that videos taken of the shooting Saturday night were the focus of their investigation as they searched for Pellegrine’s killer.

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