Mano Brown

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Mano Brown
Background information
Birth name	Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira
Born	Santo Antônio do Rio Baixo, Brasil
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1988 – present

Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (born 22 April 1970, Santo Antônio do Rio Baixo, Brazil), better known by the artistic name Mano Brown, is a Brazilian rapper, music producer and founding member of the hip hop group Racionais MC's, along with Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões).

In 2008, Rolling Stone chose the 100 greatest artists in Brazilian music;^[1] Mano Brown was 28th.^[2] His debut solo album Boogie Naipe was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.^[3]