Who is the Brazilian DJ who made the remix used by Rihanna in the Super Bowl?

Rihanna he returned to the stage last Sunday night, the 12th, after a seven-year hiatus in his musical career. The singer was the big star of the halftime show super bowlend of nfl – Major American football league.

Brazilian fans, however, had one more surprise in addition to the memorable performance of Rihanna. Track “Rude Boy” was part of the setlist, but in a remixed version with funk. The Brazilian rhythm was added to the song by DJ Kleanonly 20 years old.

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Born in Bahia, in the city of Itarantim, Ewerthon Carvalho Santos began his story with the Rihanna in 2020, in an unusual way. “As a joke,” the producer made a snippet of the remix and soon had requests for the release of a full version.

The track went viral on TikTok and reached the production of Rihanna. In January 2023, as per klean revealed to G1, the singer’s team reached out “desperately.” The DJ, still inexperienced in commercial matters, asked for help from Zegonof tropkillaz.

“When we were in Los Angeles recording our next record, the klean called me saying that there were a lot of people from the Rihanna behind him, asking me to speak with them,” Zegon explained. “First they arrived saying it was a pirated remix, a copyright infringement. I said: ‘Let’s change this conversation. It’s not a copyright infringement, you’re talking about a f*cking remix that you liked. So let’s change the way we record it. approach and show love for the boy,” he added.

The result was the presentation at the super bowl and the guarantee that the remix was signed by kleansecond Zegon: “We did everything right, authorized the remix. If it comes out, it will come out with credit, everything the way it has to be.”