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Pedro Sampaio

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Brazilian DJ and singer working the seam between funk carioca and chart pop — club-built hooks with radio ambitions.

Pedro Sampaio is a Brazilian DJ, producer and singer who built his career in funk carioca before crossing into mainstream pop. He started out producing and DJing, and his tracks pair the sharp, repetitive percussion patterns of Rio funk with pop song structures and sung hooks rather than purely rapped vocals.

He is best known for singles such as "Galopa" and "Dançarina", the latter a widely shared collaboration that carried the funk sound well beyond Brazil. Collaboration is central to how he works, and much of his catalogue is built around guest vocalists and MCs from both the funk scene and the Brazilian pop charts.

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