Pandeiro and integrating it into the modern drum kit. Others, such as Sule Greg Wilson on the Carolina Chocolate Drops album "Genuine Negro Jig", use it in tandem with a tunable bodhran — also mounted — and play them as a pair with brushes to create drum kit effects, as well as their original intent as hand-held percussion. Pandeiro The pandeiro () is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil, and which has been described as an unofficial instrument of that nation. The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles ("platinelas"), which are cupped creating a crisper,
Music of Brazil to send messages out about slums and drugs, others were used mostly to deliver socio-political messages about local, regional, or national issues they are affected by. In fact, some groups adhered to what they called "rap consciência," socially conscious rap, and opposed hip-hop which some considered too alienated and consumerist. Despite these differences, both hip hop and "rap consciência" continue to thrive in Brazil today. One of Brazil's most popular rappers, MV Bill, has spent his career advocating for black youth in Rio de Janeiro. Homophobia runs rampant in Brazil with 387 LGBTQ Brazilians murdered in 2017. Despite this, many