Mano Brown

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Mano Brown

| image = Racionais MC's (12197897183).jpg

| birth_name = Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Capão Redondo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

| associated_acts = Racionais MC's

| genre = Hip hop

| years_active = 1988–present

}}

Pedro Paulo Soares Pereira (born 22 April 1970), better known by the artistic name Mano Brown, is a Brazilian rapper, music producer and founding member of the hip hop group Racionais MC's, along with Ice Blue (Paulo Eduardo Salvador), Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves) and KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões).

In 2008, Rolling Stone chose the 100 greatest artists in Brazilian music;{{cite magazine |date= October 2008|title=Os 100 Maiores Artistas da Música Brasileira |url=http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/edicao/25/os-100-maiores-artistas-da-musica-brasileira#imagem0 |language=pt |magazine=Rolling Stone |edition = 25 |location=Brasil|access-date=March 29, 2017 }} Mano Brown was 28th.{{cite web |url=http://acidezmental.xpg.uol.com.br/100_maiores_artistas_da_mb.html |title=Os 100 maiores artistas da música brasileira |author= |date=January 21, 2016 |website=Acidez Mental |publisher=UOL |access-date=March 29, 2017 }} His debut solo album Boogie Naipe was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.{{cite web|last1=Ceccarini|first1=Viola Manuela|title=The 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards in Las Vegas|url=http://www.livein-style.com/the-18th-latin-grammy-awards-las-vegas/|website=Livein Style|access-date=28 December 2017|date=20 November 2017}}