Paula Robison encore at one of her 92nd Street Y concerts, a dance for flute and pandeiro, a large tambourine traditional in Brazil. Silverman invited the percussionist Cyro Baptista to join her. The flutist Irna Priore, who was at the concert, told her that in Brazil there was a huge repertory for flute in the choro, a tradition of popular song originating in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Cyro Baptista's wife provided recordings and tapes of music that was largely unknown in the US. Robison began to work on it with Baptista and other Brazilian musicians, who toured with her and eventually
Music of Brazil from samples such as international rips or from previous funk music. Many popular funk songs sampled music from the movie "Rocky". Funk was introduced to Brazil in a systematic way in the 1980s. Many funk artists have openly associated themselves with black movements and often in the lyrics of their songs, comment on race relations and openly express black pride. In São Paulo and other places in the south of Brazil, in more urban areas, hip hop music is very popular. Rappers are referred to as "Rapeiros". They dress similarly to American rappers. Early Brazilian rap was based upon rhyming