Submundo (masculine noun): “a group of outsiders or delinquents regarded as an organized social group” (Dicio, online Portuguese dictionary). The stage is thus set for PANICO NO SUBMUNDO, (panic in the underground) the new album by DJ K, a young prodigy from São Paulo earned his stripes in the Baile de Helipa in Heliópolis, the biggest favela in Latin America’s largest city. Despite numerous attempts by the authorities to suppress it, “baile” is the hot outdoor party that takes place every week in hundreds of favelas, during…
