It's difficult to cause controversy in music these days. Rude, angry, explicit and confrontational things have been done in the name of entertainment since, well, forever. But Brazil's funk proibidão ...

Leading up to the World Cup in Brazil, with sounds of gunfire in the background forbidden funk rappers continued to talk about what the government wants to hide: extreme violence, social segregation ...

The night aimed to recreate Brazil’s fluxos (block parties), with five or so subwoofer-fitted hatchbacks, beaming spotlights and strobes, a tropical bar, nonstop fog machines, and more.