Cidinho and Doca (in Portuguese

Portuguese language

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 Cidinho e Doca, also as Cidinho & Doca) is a Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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-based Brazil

Brazil

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ian rap

Rap

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 duo made up of Sidney da Silva (MC Cidinho) and Marcos Paulo de Jesus Peizoto (MC Doca), two prominent proibidão

Proibidão

Proibidão, which literally translates to "strongly prohibited," is a genre of Brazilian funk 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 slums of the city...

 rap

Rap

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pers.

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 famous internationally for their rendition "Rap das Armas

Rap das Armas

"Rap das Armas" is a 1990s song originally written and performed by Brazilian duo Junior e Leonardo.Cidinho & Doca , made it an international hit in 2008 and 2009...

" (Rap of Weapons), a 1990s song originally by Junior e Leonardo, a song that also appeared on the soundtrack of the film The Elite Squad (in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

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

The song illustrates the daily invasion of favelas by the elite squad of the Brazilian police in order to fight crime and drug trafficking. 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 fireweapons and lawlessness.

Cidinho and Doca became very popular internationally through a series of remixes of their song "Rap das Armas". Originally a hit in Portugal

Portugal

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 in 2008, it became a hit all over Europe. A remix made by DJ Quintino reached the number-one spot in both the Dutch Singles Chart in February 2009. The song also reached the top of the Swedish Singles Chart

Sverigetopplistan

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 in summer of 2009.

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: "Rap das Armas
  Rap das Armas
  "Rap das Armas" is a 1990s song originally written and performed by Brazilian duo Junior e Leonardo.Cidinho & Doca , made it an international hit in 2008 and 2009...
  
  " (in Europe)
• 2009: "Rap das Armas (Lucano Radio Mix)"