Actor Paulo César Pereio drives his family and friends in a car through the hills of the city of Santos. Fasten your seatbelts!

Actor Paulo César Pereio drives his family and friends in a car through the hills of the city of Santos. Fasten your seatbelts!

While funk from São Paulo took to the mainstream pop, Rio de Janeiro, the birthplace of Brazilian funk, was undergoing major processes of social and political transformation. Military interventions on the eve of the World Cup in 2014 have profoundly altered the dance circuit on the city's hills, pushing the funk ecosystem to the internet and asphalt.