Brazilian rapper, songwriter, activist, educator, and writer known as one of the founders and leaders of rap group Facção Central as a vocalist and composer of all their lyrics. He left the group on 18 March 2013.
Eduardo lectures throughout Brazil and periodically visits the Casa Foundation. Despite not having completed his elementary school, he encourages young people from the periphery to study via interviews, shows and lectures, saying that “having a diploma and being well informed is more audacious than carrying machine guns.” In 2012, he launched A Guerra não Declarada na Visão de um Favelado, his first book.
Eduardo (composer and performer) and Dum-Dum (performer) were born and grew up in favelas of São Paulo in an environment where violence, criminality, drug trafficking and drug addiction were rampant. His violent past became a source of inspiration for Eduardo’s political lyrics.
In 1989, he founded Facção Central together with Nego (currently known as Rapper Mag) and Jurandir, the last two members left the group, while Garga and Dum-Dum joined Eduardo and started the group’s activities. He remained as leader and main composer of the group’s lyrics until 2013.
Recently he released a new single, “Conzpirasom,” that was composed by rappers Kaskão (Trilha Sonora do Gueto) and by the writer Ferréz, in partnership with the designer and illustrator Alexandre De Maio.
On 20 December 2014 he announced his pre-release album A Fantástica Fábrica de Cadáver with the participation of artists such as Yzalú, A286, Dexter and Trilha Sonora do Gueto.
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