In the over 20 years of career, the singer marked for his joy and love for freedom
Preta Gil died at the age of 50 on Sunday, after a long fight against cancer in the intestine. The singer was Gilberto Gil and Sandra Gadelha’s daughter and leaves a son.
From a musical family, he was a singer, presenter, actress and business woman. Remember the most surprising moments of the singer’s over 20 years of career.
The first: Prêt-à- Porter
The singer’s first album was released in 2003, with the flagship signs of Fire, a success that he sang with Ana Carolina, so far he won almost 19 million views on YouTube.
Unlike the coverage of the production, it has always been a cause of disputes, as the singer posing naked.
From the phases to the electric trio
There is no way to think of prete Gil without remembering it on top of an electric trio, with colorful and flashy clothes and a smile on the face as the main accessory. The Black Block began as a tour that took the roads of Rio de Janeiro at the 2009 Carnival.
Of singer, the actress in her free time
Although the breaks are not many, the singer also served in some films and soap opera. On TV Globo, he participated in productions such as “Now they are they” (2003), “O Pai, or” (2008) and “As Cariocas” (2010).
Big shots
In addition to the first, signs of fire, black also shone with only love, neckline, stereo, that this neguinho?, My xodó – with his son, Francisco Gil – and being different is normal – this in collaboration with his father.
Launch of autobiography
To celebrate his 50 years, Preta published the book “Preta Gil: The First 50”, in 2024, by the Globo Books publisher. In the work, the artist brings stories of different stages of his career, as when he has changed his career as a producer for artistic life. Relations on his childhood, divided with family and illustrious friends, mix with the discoveries of adolescence and the results of adulthood. The book also addresses more delicate issues, such as the diagnosis of cancer and the troubled end of the wedding with Rodrigo Godoy, after a betrayal while the artist faced the treatment of the disease.
Participation in the Father’s farewell tour

On April 26 of this year, Preta Gil made a special appearance on his father’s farewell tour, Gilberto Gil. Allianz Parque, in San Paolo, the singer and the Tropicália icon electrified by the “Drão” singing, hit by Gil for the mother of Preta, Sandra Gadelha.
Source: Terra

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