Facção Central

Facção Central
Background information
Origin	São Paulo,  Brazil
Genres	Gangsta rap, Conscious hip hop
Years active	1989–present
Members	Eduardo, Dum Dum
Past members	Nego, Jurandir, Garga and Erick 12

Facção Central is a Brazilian rap group.

It was formed in 1989 in São Paulo by Nego, Eduardo and Jurandir. Then Nego and Jurandir left the group and they were replace by Dum Dum and Garga.

At the beginning of 1998 Garga left the band and Erick 12 became a new member, but nowadays he is just the group's music producer.

Eduardo (composer and performer) and Dum Dum (performer) were born and grew up in favelas in an environment where social violence, criminality, drug trafficking and drug addiction were rampant. This violent past became a source of inspiration to Eduardo's political lyrics.^[1] The group is regarded in the Brazilian rap scene as the "Brazilian Geto Boys" because of the political-gangsta content of its lyrics.

Discography

• "Família Facção" (1993)
• "Juventude de Atitude" (1995)
• "Estamos de Luto" (1998)
• "Versos Sangrentos" (1999)
• "A Marcha Fúnebre Prossegue" (2001)
• "Direto do Campo de Extermínio" (2003)
• "Facção Central Ao Vivo" (2005)
• "O Espetáculo do Circo dos Horrores" (2006)

References

1. ↑ "Dicionário Cravo Albin de Música Popular Brasileira". www.dicionariompb.com.br. Retrieved 2009-08-24.