"We are our own media"
Transformations of the music industry and the Racionais MC's business model
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https://doi.org/10.46391/ALCEU.v21.ed42.2020.185Keywords:
Racionais MC's, Business model, Rap in Brazil, Music industryAbstract
The purpose of the article is analyze the Racionais MC's business model to understand how rap has been articulated with the Brazilian music industry in its current conjuncture. The objective is to contextualize the group's trajectory in relation to the transformations of the national music industry in recent years. Based on a bibliographical research on the music and rap industry in Brazil, we argued that Racionais MC's were the first rap group to be able to take control of their entire career, creating a paradigm in the Brazilian music industry. This success serves as an example for new artists of the rap scene in Brazil and can point a new scenario in the current moment of structural changes of this business.
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