Pocah

Viviane de Queiroz Pereira (born October 17, 1994), better known by her stage name Pocah and formerly as MC Pocahontas, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Pocah
Born
Viviane de Queiroz Pereira

(1994-10-17) October 17, 1994
Queimados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other namesMC Pocahontas
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active2012–present
Musical career
GenresFunk carioca, funk ostentação, melodic funk, pop
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsWarner Music Group
Associated actsNaiara Azevedo, MC Mirella, Dani Russo
Websitepocah.com.br

Biography

Viviane de Queiroz Pereira was born in Queimados, Rio de Janeiro on October 17, 1994, and raised in Duque de Caxias. The daughter of Marines de Queiroz and Leonardo Pereira, she is of African, Portuguese and Native Brazilian descent. Her first contact with music was accompanying her older brother on tours with his rock band when she was 12 years old, and during her high school years she was introduced to funk carioca.[1]

She officially began her career in 2012 releasing the song "Mulher do Poder", which reached over 11 million views on YouTube and was considered a landmark in the then-blooming funk ostentação scene.[2] Her posterior stage name, "MC Pocahontas", came from her physical resemblance to the eponymous Disney character.[3] As the 2010s went by, MC Pocahontas released collaborations with Naiara Azevedo and Dani Russo ("Ó Quem Voltou", which had a music video produced by KondZilla which reached over 6.9 million views[4]), and MC Mirella ("Quer Mais?"[5]); both collaborations were certified Double Platinum and Diamond by Pro-Música Brasil, respectively.

In 2017, rapper Future used a sample of Pocahontas' voice on the song "Fresh Air" off his album Hndrxx.[6]

In early 2019 Pocahontas signed with Warner Music Group, changing her stage name to Pocah to avoid copyright infringement allegations from Disney.[7] Her first release for the label, "Não Sou Obrigada", came out in April; described as an "ode to women's empowerment", it reached over 11 million views on YouTube and 35 million streamings on Spotify.[8] In October she was nominated for the BreakTudo Awards 2019 in the "Brazilian New Artist" category.

Personal life

From 2014 to 2016 Pocah was married to her manager and fellow funk singer Matheus Vargas, known as MC Rouba Cena, with whom she had a daughter, Vitória (born 2016).[9] In August 2019 she began a relationship with promoter Ronan Souza, a former boyfriend of Anitta.[10] Later on December they registered their domestic partnership.[11]

References
  1. Pocah.com.br – Release (in Portuguese)
  2. Rodrigo Ortega (August 14, 2012). "'Funk paulista' vira moda no YouTube com carros, motos e notas de 100". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  3. "MC Pocahontas – Dados artísticos". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. Leonardo Torres (February 26, 2018). "Naiara Azevedo, Dani Russo e MC Pocahontas unem forças e clipe bate 6,9 milhões de acessos rapidamente". Portal POPline (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  5. Amanda Faia (November 2, 2018). "MC Pocahontas e MC Mirella estreiam colorido e energético clipe de 'Quer Mais?'". Portal POPline (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Leonardo Torres (January 16, 2019). "MC Pocahontas assina contrato com a Warner Music". Portal POPline (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  8. Daniel Outlander (April 24, 2019). "MC Pocahontas comemora sucesso de 'Não Sou Obrigada'". PopNow (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  9. "Chega ao fim o casamento dos MCs Pocahontas e Rouba Cena". R7.com (in Portuguese). November 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. "Pocah assume relacionamento com Ronan Souza, ex de Anitta: 'Estamos namorando'". Portal POPline (in Portuguese). August 23, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  11. "Pocah vai morar com namorado, ex de Anitta, e manda mãe de volta para Caxias". Extra (in Portuguese). December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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