Thank you @destielcore and @hehatesmati for tagging me, lovelies!
Were you named after anyone?
No, but my dad did use numerology when deciding my name
When was the last time you cried?
The last time I cried was the day I posted 505 :,)
Do you have any kids?
I don’t, but when I’m older and have the basic things in life figured out I want to adopt
Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Depends who the person I’m talking to is and the context of the conversation
What is the first thing you notice about people?
Their overall appearance and I’m big on smiles; I love pretty smiles
What is your eye color?
Green, although people tell me it looks blue sometimes
Scary movies or happy endings?
Honestly I’m not a big fan of watching movies, but when I when I do watch them, I prefer comedies; so I guess I’ll go with happy endings
Any special talents?
I’m fabulous on the art of whistling!
Where were you born?
Santos, Brasil 🇧🇷
What are your hobbies?
Tattooing, reading and writing, self-care, exercising, listening to music, gaming, watching series and yt
Do you have any pets?
Yes, I have three lovely cats
What sports have you played?
When I was little I did gymnastics, ballet and judo
How tall are you?
5’3
Favorite subject in school?
Arts and English!
Dream job?
I don’t really have a dream job :) Last year I had my mind set into being a tattoo artist and I started to work on it but then I realized it was something I wasn’t completely passionate about . At the moment I’m more focused on finishing my studies to later decide what I would like to work with!
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I’m not very sure who to tag because I’m still new and a little shy with talking to people here, but here are three lovely people that I had a few interections with ever since I started posting a few days ago :) Thanks again @destielcore and @hehatesmati for tagging me, sending a kiss to your hearts!
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This Saturday, in the Brazilian Gymnastics Trophy competition, in Toledo (PR), Rebeca Andrade, a young 13-year-old gymnast, surprised and took the tournament trophy, beating Daniele Hypolito and Jade Barbosa.
The Flamengo athlete scored 55,250 points on the four events she competed on (vault, uneven bars, beam and floor). Adrian Gomes, with 54,450, and Daniele Hypolito, with 54,300 points, were in second and third positions, respectively. Jade Barbosa only finished fourth.
In the floor competition, Rebeca Andrade had a good performance and had the same score as Daniele Hypólito (13.650), one of the specialist gymnasts in the event.
It's great to see youth athletes competing and winning. It means that renewal is being done in gymnastics and this is very important. You are starting to see some names for the 2016 Olympics and, for sure, Rebeca is one of them’, said Hypolito, the most experienced gymnast on the Brazilian team.
Even with her good performance, Rebeca cannot go to the London Olympics, as to compete in the Games you must be at least 16 years old.
In men's artistic gymnastics, Flamengo also did well, placing athlete Pétrix Barbosa in the highest place on the podium. To win the gold medal, the athlete scored 85,600 points. A double from Esporte Clube Pinheiros completed the podium, with Péricles Silva (85.350) and Arthur Nori Mariano (85.050).
In rhythmic gymnastics, Natália Gaudio from Espírito Santo achieved the highest score in the sum of the four devices, with 100.625, and was the winner of the gold medal. The silver medal went to Toledo's Angélica Kvieczynski, who obtained 99.250 points. Eliane Sampaio closed the podium, with 95.225.
KondZilla, the entrepreneur of Brazilian favela funk
RIO DE JANEIRO
They say everything he touches turns to gold: KondZilla, the man behind the most popular YouTube channel in Latin America, has revolutionized Brazilian funk music, taking favela beats to a massive online audience.
The 34-year-old entrepreneur, who grew up in the slums himself, launched his "KondZilla Channel" in 2012. At the time, the music industry had barely taken notice of Brazilian funk, a Rio de Janeiro-born hip-hop style known as the fuel for all-night-and-into-the-next-day parties in the favelas.
Today, KondZilla -- whose real name is Konrad Dantas -- has more than 66.5 million subscribers on YouTube, and favela funk is mainstream music in Brazil.
"The big multinational record labels were ignoring that segment of the market," Dantas told AFP in an interview.
"The only way to get this content out there was YouTube," he said after giving a talk this week at the Rio edition of Web Summit, the world's biggest annual technology conference.
Dantas grew up in a favela in Guaruja, a seaside city in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo.
He got his start directing music videos for "ostentation funk" artists, a sex-and-bling-heavy subgenre that emerged in Sao Paulo in the 2000s.
"I like telling stories and connecting with young people from the hood," he says.
His audience soon exploded.
His 2015 video "Baile de Favela," for funk artist MC Joao, racked up more than 100 million views.
It hit the height of mainstream success when Olympic medallist Rebeca Andrade, Brazil's most famous gymnast, used it in the soundtrack for her floor routine at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Forbes Brasil named KondZilla to its list of the country's most influential people under 30 in 2017.
Today, he runs a business empire that includes a record label, TV and film production company, music news site, and an institute to train talented young artists.
His TV series "Sintonia" is the most widely watched Brazilian show on Netflix, and his most-watched music videos each have more than a billion views.
Despite his stage name -- a reference to movie monster Godzilla -- Dantas is a small, laid-back man with a gleaming smile.
At the Web Summit conference, he patiently signed autographs, posed for pictures and took time to speak with fans seeking his advice.
He says one of the keys to his success has been the democratization of technology, which has allowed people in Brazil's impoverished favelas to consume and produce whatever content they want on their cell phones.
"When we have the chance to choose what we consume, we don't pick the story of the firefighter in New York. We pick stories that look like ours, that we can identify with," he said.
Dantas is known for his savvy at reading the market, and adapting as it changes.
"One minute, you're on top. The next, you fall. Everything changes fast, and you have to adapt," he said.
One of his key transitions was launching "light" versions of songs, replacing the "indecent" language that permeates the genre with safe-for-work lyrics, he said.
He credits that with expanding his subscriber numbers from six million in 2016 to 22 million in 2017.
Dantas says he was always interested in music and visual media.
He got his professional start at 18, after his mother died. He received some money from her pension and life-insurance policy, which he thought about using to buy an apartment and get out of the favela, he said.
Instead, he took a risk: he used the money to pay for production equipment and professional training.
He turned out to have a flair for directing irresistible, visually seductive music videos -- and discovering new talent.
To help promote the next generation of "KondZillas," Dantas launched a "Creators School" last year to train video and music artists from his hometown favelas.
But in business terms, he sees people over 50 as his next growth market, he said -- an unusual statement at a tech conference, especially from someone in an industry obsessed with youth, TikTok and trends.
"They say the first generation that will live past 100 has already been born," Dantas said in his talk. "I'm aiming at them."
Rebeca Andrade wins the silver medal in the 2020 Olympics, becoming the first ever South American and first-ever Latina to win an women’s Olympic all-around medal. (picture by Ricardo Bufolin)
Thank you everyone at the stadium that clapped to the rhythm of “Baile de Favela” when Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (silver medalist - Gymnastics) was performing her routine.
“Baile de Favela” is a Brazilian funk song refering to the Brazilian favelas (slums).
the first EVER brazilian medal on woman's gymnastics at the olympics is for rebeca andrade!!! a black woman being the first woman to win is so important, the representative this girl carries, i'm so so proud of her, even brazil not having a large support in gymnastics she did it!!!!!
Gold Medal for Rebeca Andrade
( Artistic gymnastics - Women's vault)
First Brazilian women’s gymnastics to get an Olympic Medal (Silver All-Around).
First Brazilian women to get 2 medals in the same Olympic Game!
(soon to be first Brazilian athlete <man and woman> to get 3 medals in on game? can I dream? yes pls!)