When MC Soffia performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, she was 12 years old — and already five years into her hip-hop career. Now at the age of 20, the Brazilian rapper just completed her first US tour and is about to release a new album. Gisele Regatão reports from Sao Paulo on how MC Soffia is trying to empower Black women, starting with her own family.
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