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, Cléo Pires, 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.[1] The daughter of Marines de Queiroz and Leonardo Pereira, she is of African, Portuguese and Native Brazilian descent. Prior to her musical career, she worked as a manicure at her mother's beauty salon.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] Her posterior stage name, "MC Pocahontas", came from her physical resemblance to the eponymous Disney character.[5] 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[6]), and MC Mirella ("Quer Mais?"[7]); 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.[8] The song was later used by Kylie Jenner in a make-up tutorial.[2]

In early 2019 Pocahontas signed with Warner Music Group, changing her stage name to Pocah to avoid copyright infringement allegations from Disney.[9] 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.[10] In October she was nominated for the BreakTudo Awards 2019 in the "Brazilian New Artist" category, receiving another nomination in the 2020 edition for "Best MV" with her collaboration alongside Cléo Pires, "Queima".

In January 2021, it was announced she would be a contestant in the reality show Big Brother Brasil 21.[1]

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).[11] In August 2019 she began a relationship with promoter Ronan Souza, a former boyfriend of Anitta.[12] Later on December they registered their domestic partnership.[13]

She is openly bisexual since her 13 years old,[14] and in a 2020 interview for magazine ISTOÉ she also described herself as a feminist.[15]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2020 MTV Millennial Awards Brazil[16] Best Video Made at Home Won
MTV Millennial Awards Brazil Zika do Baile Nominated
BreakTudo Awards Best MV Nominated

References
  1. Wallace Santos (January 19, 2021). "Pocah é participante do BBB21; conheça!". Gshow (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  2. Wallace Santos (January 19, 2021). "Pocah, do BBB21, tem mais de 20 milhões de seguidores e já teve uma canção sua em vídeo de uma das Kardashians". Gshow (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. Pocah.com.br – Release (in Portuguese)
  4. 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.
  5. "MC Pocahontas – Dados artísticos". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Leonardo Torres (January 16, 2019). "MC Pocahontas assina contrato com a Warner Music". Portal POPline (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. Daniel Outlander (April 24, 2019). "MC Pocahontas comemora sucesso de 'Não Sou Obrigada'". PopNow (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  11. "Chega ao fim o casamento dos MCs Pocahontas e Rouba Cena". R7.com (in Portuguese). November 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  12. "Pocah assume relacionamento com Ronan Souza, ex de Anitta: 'Estamos namorando'". Portal POPline (in Portuguese). August 23, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  13. "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.
  14. "'Eu achava que nem gostava de macho', conta Pocah". Agência da Notícia (in Portuguese). December 22, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  15. "'Não vou abaixar a cabeça pra ninguém', diz Pocah". ISTOÉ (in Portuguese). August 28, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  16. F5 (September 15, 2020). "Luan Santana, Pedro Sampaio e Pocah farão shows no MTV MIAW". F5. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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