PopoZão

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"PopoZão"

Single by Kevin Federline
Released	January 1, 2006
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2005
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	3:17
Writer(s)	Kevin Federline
Producer(s)	Disco D
Kevin Federline singles chronology
	"PopoZão" (2006)	"Lose Control" (2006)

"PopoZão" is a rap song by Kevin Federline. Released on January 1, 2006, it is a mix between American hip-hop and Brazilian funk music. It was loosely inspired by a Brazilian song entitled "Funk do Popozão".

According to the Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (Houaiss Dictionary of the Portuguese language), "Popozão" is a slang term meaning "big ass".

The song was originally intended for use on his debut album, but after it received a poor reception from the public, the song was scrapped along with other songs that were to be included on the album. A video of Federline doing odd hand movements while listening to the song was circulated on the internet in March 2006 and became a small Internet phenomenon. It has been featured routinely on E!'s The Soup, and was also shown on Attack of the Show! and The Daily Show. A video remix of these hand motions was then made to the song Peanut Butter Jelly Time, nicknamed "Peanut Butter Feder-time", only furthering the meme and diminishing Federline's reputation as a serious artist.

Noted dramatic actor and host of Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton, performed a spoken-word version of the lyrics to PopoZão in a comedy skit on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.