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Pantera Negra (Black Panther)

by Emicida

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In the mid-1960s, black superheroes began to appear in American comic books. Then, as now, they were a minority, but in the years of the civil rights movement even just the fact that they were there meant a lot. One of the first, in 1966 and only two years before Martin Luther King's assasination, was T'Challa, an ally of the Fantastic Four, whose costume name was the Black Panther.

30 years later, growing up in the northern suburbs of São Paulo, the young Leandro Roque de Oliveira, aka Emicida, was an avid consumer of these comics and the significance of the Black Panther, and indeed other black characters found in the comics, did not go unnoticed.

Fast forward to January 2018, and Emicida’s status is such that he was invited by Marvel Brasil to the world premiere of the much-lauded Black Panther movie in LA. There he is on the right, in suit and trainers leaning against the Lexus LC that appears in the film.

Now in a unique celebration of the superhero, Emicida has written and recorded ‘Pantera Negra’ as a theme song for Marvel Brasil’s social media promotion of the film.

Powerful and hard-hitting, with a strong and instantly recognisable hook, Sterns are the official partner for its European release.

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released February 16, 2018

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Emicida São Paulo, Brazil

Born Leandro Roque de Oliveira (Emicida is a play on ‘MC’ and ‘homicide’), 31 years ago in a northern suburb of São Paulo, Emicida began, by imitating every MC he heard and rapping in his own version of English. He soon shifted to Portuguese and via circulated recordings of his appearances at freestyle rapping battles and, later, mixtapes from his own makeshift studio, his fame spread. ... more

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