Since the 70s, the slums, much of the cultural production and entertainment, is directly linked to black American music, through readings in its rhythmic structure and adapting the lyrics to the national scene. The slum has played a decisive role in the musical production and consumption, especially in dances "funk", environments conducive to the suspension of everyday problems, interaction between different social classes, income generation and privileged locus for demonstration of the power of the factions. The music in this context, it becomes important form of communication and now occupies a central place in discussions of order and right to the city. After the establishment of the Police Pacification Units (UPPS), changes relating to the dances have generated problems between patrons and police. Around music, important symbolic disputes occur, since the social control exercised by the state, with more intensity on the prom goers, between 14 and 30 years. At the same time, a significant amount of funk banned still circulate through the city, with reviews will Municipality of the city of Rio de Janeiro, the state government and the federal government by way of driving occupations. The data presented are the result of interviews in slums between 2005 and 2009, and return to the field in 2012. Will be analyzed letters classified as "prohibited", documents produced by the state during initiation of UPPS, and a special issue of the Brazilian Institute for Social Analyses (IBASE) on the topico.
Slum; Social conflicts; Culture; Urban order; Police