MC Daleste IS the Seventh Baile Funk Artist Murdered in Sao Paulo

The Brazilian internet imploded last weekend when a video was posted online of MC Daleste getting shot and killed. MC Daleste, whose real name was Daniel Pellegrine, was a prominent 20-year-old singer in São Paulo’s Funk Ostentação scene. He was shot in Campinas, a Brazilian city of São Paulo State, last Saturday during a performance at a free and open festival at a social housing complex. Right at the beginning of his set, during a segue between tracks, a shot rang out and Daleste fell to the ground.

MC Daleste is the seventh baile funk artist killed in the state of São Paulo since 2010 – five MCs, one DJ and one manager were all murdered under unclear circumstances. But, of all these slayings, Daleste’s murder has created the biggest uproar in the media and social networking sites, partially because he was so beloved. Even though MC Daleste never released an official video, his songs racked up millions of views on YouTube and he garnered hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter.

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