Herança cultural em verso no Hip-hop: a contribuição das batalhas de rima na construção da identidade negra nas vilas e favelas de Teresina (2022 - 2024)

Abstract

This study analyzes the role of rap battles in the construction of Black identity in Teresina between 2022 and 2024, examining how these peripheral cultural practices contribute to identity affirmation and social resistance. During this period, battles manifested in different ways, sometimes as spaces for community strengthening and knowledge circulation, and at other times as direct responses to the social tensions experienced by the Black youth of the capital. The research demonstrates that these practices are embedded in a historical context marked by urban segregation and the marginalization of the Black population, whose roots trace back to the city’s formation processes and the persistence of structural inequalities. The methodological approach was qualitative, involving bibliographic and documentary analysis, mobilizing authors such as Stuart Hall (1997), Kabengele Munanga (2008), Nilma Lino Gomes (2002), Peter Burke (2004), Marcos Napolitano (2002), Michel De Certeau (1994), and Pierre Bourdieu (1983). Songs, interviews, audiovisual recordings of battles, and social media publications were also examined, as they compose the symbolic and political production of these spaces. The research allows us to conclude that rap battles perform functions beyond entertainment, acting as arenas of expression, belonging, and identity formation for young Black people in Teresina, who find in them paths for resistance and reaffirmation of their presence in the city