<h1>Funk Ostentaçao Artist MC Daleste Murdered On Stage In Brazil</h1>
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MC Daleste (Photo: Renato Barreiros)</div>
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<div class="author">By <a href="http://www.mtviggy.com/author/bishopm/">Marlon Bishop</a> | July 8, 2013 </div>
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<p>Even on the standards of <em>baile funk</em>‘s violent favela milleu, the on-stage murder of a young MC has shocked Brazil.</p>
<p>On Saturday night, Brazilian funk artist MC Daleste was shot and
killed with a single bullet to the chest while performing on stage in
the city of Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo state. The 20-year
old MC, whose real name is Daniel Pellegrine, was in the middle of
announcing his next song when a shot rang out in the crowd. Daleste
crumbled to the floor. Since it was at a live concert, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AVZmwrUcA" target="_blank">the episode was captured on video</a>. It’s hard to watch.</p>
<p>Police say he died after being brought to a nearby hospital. He will be buried in São Paulo on Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>MC Daleste was one of the top-billing artists in the young genre of <em><a href="http://www.mtviggy.com/articles/scene-report-luxury-obsessed-funk-ostentacao-hits-brazil/" target="_blank">funk ostentaçao</a></em>,
a São Paulo-born variant on Rio’s favela funk in which the customary
lyrics about drugs and big booties are swapped out for tracks about
about luxury goods and the accumulation of wealth. Inspired by Brazil’s
booming economy, the style takes the material focus of contemporary US
hip-hop and grafts it onto Brazilian <em>baile funk</em>.</p>
<p>“He was a really good kid, with a good heart, full of ideas, making
songs every minute. Without ever appearing in the media, he came to
become the main idol for São Paulo youth, thanks to a limitless talent
and a charisma that conquered everyone who crossed his path,” says
Renato Barreiros, a community organizer and director of <a href="http://vimeo.com/53679071" target="_blank">a documentary about <em>funk ostentaçao</em></a>.
“He made thousands of young people happy with his songs, without ever
doing harm to anybody. He was murdered cowardly while he was doing his
job.”</p>
<p>As of Monday afternoon, the police have not figured out who did the
shooting, nor have proposed any motive for the killing. MC Daleste’s
army of fans has been agitating on social media for the government step
up and do a proper investigation and serve justice for their fallen
idol.</p>
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