Vozes da periferia: Racionais MC's e a mediação cultural da informação através do rap

Abstract

Racionais MC's emerged in Brazil in the 1990s with the aim of keeping their music out of the mainstream media and strengthening ghetto culture among those who were already experiencing it. Given this context, this research seeks to understand how social themes related to the peripheral reality are mediated by the group through their songs. From on the concept of cultural mediation of information, Racionais MC's are given the role of cultural mediators, given that their music integrates previous knowledge about the peripheral subject and proposes new perspectives on their reality. In order to investigate this issue, a qualitative and exploratory study was carried out, sustained on bibliographical and documentary sources. The method used was discourse analysis, based on five songs chosen from the most recurrent subjects in the group's discography. The results confirm that the Racionais MC's construct narratives of resistance, using music to create a dialog between the rap group and the periphery, based on elements that influence individuals in social practices and interactions, by reflecting the reality of this community and the interventions exercised by the dominant classes.