“Somos a nova MPA”: a autoafirmação da identidade periférica do rap amapaense como gênero musical

Abstract

Which locus of research is the municipality of Macapá, capital of the state of Amapá, this paper aims to discuss the social, aesthetic and political universe of Rap – the musical element of Hip Hop culture. Currently, the Amapá Rap is calling itself “We are the New MPA”, a position that tenses the state's musical and cultural scene, as a result of the acronym MPA being widely accepted, valued and known social thinking as Amapá Popular Music, while whereas the “New MPA” defended by the rappers calls Amapá Peripheral Music. The research problem, therefore, is to know which place that the rap intends to occupy in the local musical and cultural scene. In view of this, the general objective is to find out what the place desired by Rap in the artistic and cultural scene of Amapa, having as specific objectives to analyze the characteristics of its identity, its relationship with the musical sphere and society, from the perspective of the members of the musical genre. To this end, we adopted the theoretical framework based on the field of Sociology of Culture and the approaches of the Frankfurt School and Cultural Studies. The bibliographic and qualitative research methodology was used with the interview technique through open questions as an instrument for data collection. In addition, the semiotics theory was used for the analysis of music and images. It was realized that the MPA captained by local rappers expresses a new category of music and cultural, which claims its peripheral identity as a musical genre and social activism, thus seeking to achieve insertion and social recognition in the artistic scene of Amapá.