Why can’t you name a baby ‘Samba’?

Host Marco Werman tells us about the news from Brazil that has tongues wagging. Singer and actor Seu Jorge and his wife were rejected at the births registry in São Paolo from naming their newborn son “Samba,” the genre of music Seu Jorge is known for. 

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