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They Don't Care About Us


Michael Jackson's controversial video was shot in Brazil's notorious Rio favila's by Spike Lee. MJ collaborated with 200 members and drummers from the social club Olodum to combine 'samba-reggae' music and hip-hop for this song.

Sao Paulo 1943


Described as the "fastest growing city in the world" Sao Paulo had a population of 1.5 million in 1943. Today the city has a population of more than 11 million with a surrounding metropolis of over 20 million people. As a world leader in the production of coffee, cotton, and sugar, it was Sao Paulo's diversified industries that lead to it rapid and sustained growth for more than 60 years.