From a favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, professionally trained samba dancer Rebecca Alves arrived on Brazil’s music scene in 2018 as Mc Rebecca with sultry single “Cai de Boca”. The song’s syncopated beats and unapologetically erotic lyrics define the singer’s authentic approach to making music. Whether she’s coming out as bisexual on social media or joining forces with Anitta, Lexa and Luísa Sonza for bombastic hype track “Combatchy”, Mc Rebecca uses the intense rhythms and raw lyrics of baile funk to tell her own story.