MC Gringo is the only Non-Brazilian, who has made his way to the top in baile funk scene of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Each weekend, the Stuttgart born German MC, who ́s full name is Bernhard Hendrik Hermann Weber Ramos De Lacerda, performs on various baile funk parties all across Rio. The audience at his shows is mostly divided: Some hate Gringo, some love him. With his intelligent, sometimes ironic lyrics, his laid back, communicative attitude Gringo has gathered a fan following in Rio de Janeiro – mostly amongst the female cariocas. Considering the short time Gringo lives in Rio, he has made it to the premiere league in the funk game, performing in endless radio and TV shows. He is considered the only established vocalist with an international background in the entire Brazilian showbusiness. MC Gringo loves to perform his songs in Portugese, wearing the shirt of his favourite soccer team, the VfB Stuttgart (German football champion 2007).

Already in the late 1980s Gringo exercised his rapping techniques in his German hometwon, parallely, he played bass in a punk band with Basti Schwarz, one of the brothers of today world famous DJ duo Tiefschwarz. Later, Gringo was the founder, singer and guitarist in the ska band „The Lodgers“, which performed shows all across Europe. When he fell in love with a Brazilian girl – now his wife – he decided to move to Minais Gerais, where he remained two years before finally moving to Rio De Janeiro in 2004. Shortly after arriving in Rio Gringo and his wife got funkafied and Gringo started to write his own lyrics and work on beat arrangements on his cheap PC. His first direct contact to the funk scene was MC Binho, a „trocador“ in one of the hundreds of vans, that make the alternative public transport in Rio. On his travels throughout the city Binho always rapped, one day Gringo heard his rhymes and suggested to exchange ideas and thoughts. It was the start of a big friendship and led to dozens of joint shows.

In the meantime, he had to fight his way hard to the top. After three and half years of hard work in funk, Gringo is now proud to present his first Mini-Album, called „Gringão“. It features him on lead vocals on mostly all the tracks, guest MCs are his long time collaborator MC Binho and MC Dolores, who has already participated in the Funk Mundial release by Crookers on Man Recordings. Large parts of the release were produced by both MC Gringo and Amazing Clay in the infamous Amazing Studios next to the Maracana stadium in Rio De Janeiro. Other producers involved are DJ Sandrinho and DJ Rafael. „Gringão“ contains various styles of baile funk, all defined by the magic voice and personality of MC Gringo.