Rap as the voice of the Londrina periphery: an approach to oral poetic productions

Abstract

The present article is a result of a scientific initiation project, which research object was the poetic manifestation of rap in the West zone of Londrina. We’ve divided this work into two main parts: in the first, we've included an introduction about the history of the HipHop movement, emphasizing the social engagement, what it's shown since its origin. In the second part, we've explored pieces of rap music, composed by groups like "Conexão Verbal" and "Relato Cruel", in which we could identify the critical aspect and the report of problems with the violence faced by the borders residents’ communities. Besides, we’ve used the interviews of oral history accomplished with the groups, which were a great contribution in order to analyze some fragments from rap lyrics. This work was still based on a bibliography about Literary Theory, specifically, about Bakhtin's concepts of dialogism, as well as in the considerations of Zumthor about Oral Poetry. We’ve looked for establishing a dialogue among the applied theory, the oral sources and the analyzed raps. Our interest focus on understand rap music while an oral poetic manifestation and its social and cultural implications in the society.