Brazilian funk and R&B singer Claucirlei Jovencio de Souza, aka Buchecha, was
born in Sao Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro in 1975.
He started out his career with his childhood friend Claudinho, who sadly died in
a car accident at the age of 26. The pair released their debut album together,
the eponymous 'Claudinho & Buchecha' in 1996. It was a great commercial success,
hitting triple platinum sales in their native Brazil. They went on to release
another five albums together until Claudinho's death in 2002.
Buchecha then went on to form a solo career, releasing 'MC Buchecha' in 2003...