Pocah

{{Infobox person

| name = Pocah

| image = Pocah_-_TVZ_2024.png

| caption = Pocah in 2024

| birth_name = Viviane de Queiroz Pereira

| alias = MC Pocahontas

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|10|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Queimados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| death_date =

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| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 2012–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Matheus Vargas|2014|2016|reason={{abbr|div.|divorced}}}}

| partner = {{Plainlist|

Ronan Souza (2019–present)

}}

| children = 1

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

| embed = yes

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Funk carioca, funk ostentação, melodic funk, pop

| label = Warner Music Group

| associated_acts = Naiara Azevedo, Cléo Pires, MC Mirella, Dani Russo

| website = {{URL|pocah.com.br}}

}}

Viviane de Queiroz Pereira (born October 17, 1994), known professionally as Pocah and formerly MC Pocahontas, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Biography

Viviane de Queiroz Pereira was born in Queimados, Rio de Janeiro on October 17, 1994, and raised in Duque de Caxias.{{cite web|url=https://gshow.globo.com/realities/bbb/bbb21/participante/noticia/pocah-e-participante-do-bbb21-conheca.ghtml|title=Pocah é participante do BBB21; conheça!|author=Wallace Santos|work=Gshow|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|language=Portuguese}} The daughter of Marines de Queiroz and Leonardo Pereira, she is of African, Portuguese and Native Brazilian descent. Prior to her musical career, she worked as a manicure at her mother's beauty salon,{{cite web|url=https://gshow.globo.com/realities/bbb/bbb21/participante/noticia/pocah-do-bbb21-tem-mais-de-20-milhoes-de-seguidores-e-ja-teve-uma-cancao-sua-em-video-de-uma-das-kardashians.ghtml|title=Pocah, do BBB21, tem mais de 20 milhões de seguidores e já teve uma canção sua em vídeo de uma das Kardashians|author=Wallace Santos|work=Gshow|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|language=Portuguese}} who also had a part-time job babysitting actress Vera Fischer's youngest son Gabriel.{{cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/pocah-relembra-infancia-na-casa-de-vera-fischer-onde-mae-era-baba-me-apoiou-para-ser-cantora-rv1-1-24829883.html|title=Pocah relembra infância na casa de Vera Fischer, onde mãe era babá: 'Me apoiou para ser cantora'|work=Extra|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=November 5, 2023|language=Portuguese}} Her first contact with music was accompanying her older brother on tours with his rock band when she was 12 years old, and during her high school years she was introduced to funk carioca.[https://pocah.com.br/ Pocah.com.br – Release] {{in lang|pt}}

She officially began her career in 2012 releasing the song "Mulher do Poder", which reached over 11 million views on YouTube and was considered a landmark in the then-blooming funk ostentação scene.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/musica/noticia/2012/08/funk-paulista-vira-moda-no-youtube-com-carros-motos-e-notas-de-100.html|title='Funk paulista' vira moda no YouTube com carros, motos e notas de 100|work=G1|author=Rodrigo Ortega|date=August 14, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} Her posterior stage name, "MC Pocahontas", came from her alleged physical resemblance to the eponymous Disney character.{{cite web|url=http://dicionariompb.com.br/mc-pocahontas|title=MC Pocahontas – Dados artísticos|work=Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} As the 2010s went by, MC Pocahontas released collaborations with Naiara Azevedo and Dani Russo ("Ó Quem Voltou", which had a music video produced by KondZilla which reached over 6.9 million views{{cite web|url=https://portalpopline.com.br/naiara-azevedo-dani-russo-e-mc-pocahontas-unem-forcas-e-clipe-bate-65-milhoes-de-acessos-rapidamente/|title=Naiara Azevedo, Dani Russo e MC Pocahontas unem forças e clipe bate 6,9 milhões de acessos rapidamente|work=Portal POPline|author=Leonardo Torres|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}}), and MC Mirella ("Quer Mais?"{{cite web|url=https://portalpopline.com.br/mc-pocahontas-e-mc-mirella-estreiam-colorido-e-energetico-clipe-de-quer-mais/|title=MC Pocahontas e MC Mirella estreiam colorido e energético clipe de 'Quer Mais?'|work=Portal POPline|author=Amanda Faia|date=November 2, 2018|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}}); both collaborations were certified Double Platinum and Diamond by Pro-Música Brasil, respectively.

In 2017, rapper Future used a sample of Pocahontas' voice on the song "Fresh Air" off his album Hndrxx.{{cite web|url=https://billboard.uol.com.br/noticias/future-usa-sampler-de-mc-pocahontas-em-novo-disco|title=Future usa sampler de MC Pocahontas em novo disco|work=Billboard Brasil|author=Rebecca Silva|date=February 24, 2017|access-date=August 27, 2021|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010840/https://billboard.uol.com.br/noticias/future-usa-sampler-de-mc-pocahontas-em-novo-disco|archive-date=January 21, 2019|url-status=dead}} The song was later used by Kylie Jenner in a make-up tutorial.

In early 2019 Pocahontas signed with Warner Music Group, changing her stage name to Pocah to avoid copyright infringement allegations from Disney.{{cite web|url=https://portalpopline.com.br/mc-pocahontas-assina-contrato-com-warner-music/|title=MC Pocahontas assina contrato com a Warner Music|work=Portal POPline|author=Leonardo Torres|date=January 16, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} Her first release for the label, "Não Sou Obrigada", came out in April; described as an "ode to women's empowerment", it reached over 11 million views on YouTube and 35 million streamings on Spotify.{{cite web|url=http://popnow.com.br/mc-pocahontas-comemora-sucesso-de-nao-sou-obrigada/|title=MC Pocahontas comemora sucesso de 'Não Sou Obrigada'|work=PopNow|author=Daniel Outlander|date=April 24, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} Later that year, she and fellow funk singer Kevin O Chris collaborated on the song "Resenha Lá em Casa", shooting a music video heavily inspired by the series Stranger Things.{{cite web|url=https://entretenimento.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2019/07/05/kevin-o-chris-e-pocah-lancam-clipe-a-la-stranger-things-para-resenha-la-em-casa.htm|title=Kevin O Chris e Pocah lançam clipe à la 'Stranger Things' para 'Resenha lá em Casa'|work=UOL|author=Maurício Dehò|date=July 5, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2024|language=Portuguese}}

In January 2021 she was announced as one of the participants of the 21st season of the reality show Big Brother Brasil;{{cite web|url=https://www.virgula.com.br/tvecinema/confirmada-no-bbb21-pocah-fala-sobre-signo-e-confinamento-sou-muito-carente/|title=Confirmada no BBB21, Pocah fala sobre signo e confinamento: 'Sou muito carente'|work=Vírgula|author=André Medeiros|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=May 19, 2021|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://tvefamosos.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2021/01/25/bbb-21-pocah-diz-ter-tres-personalidades.htm|title=BBB21: Pocah diz ter três personalidades|work=UOL|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=May 19, 2021|language=Portuguese}} on April 29 she became the 15th contestant to be evicted.

On September 3, 2024, Pocah released her debut full-length album, Cria de Caxias, described as an "autobiographical concept album divided in three acts".{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/entretenimento/pocah-comenta-1o-album-em-14-anos-de-carreira-nao-tinha-recurso-financeiro/|title=Pocah comenta 1º álbum em 14 anos de carreira: 'Não tinha recurso financeiro'|work=CNN Brasil|author=Nicoly Bastos|date=September 4, 2024|access-date=October 30, 2024|language=Portuguese}}

Personal life

From 2014 to 2016 Pocah was married to her manager and fellow funk singer Matheus Vargas, known as MC Rouba Cena, with whom she had a daughter, Victória (born 2016).{{cite web|url=https://www.redetv.uol.com.br/tvfama/blog/celebridades/nasce-victoria-filha-de-mc-pocahontas-com-mc-roba-cena|title=Nasce Victória, filha de MC Pocahontas com MC Rouba Cena|work=RedeTV!|date=February 23, 2016|access-date=February 15, 2021|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.radiocacula.com.br/aos-19-anos-mc-pocahontas-fala-sobre-fim-do-casamento-com-o-empresario-fui-traida|title=Aos 19 anos, MC Pocahontas fala sobre fim do casamento com o empresário: 'Fui traída'|work=Rádio Caçula|date=April 24, 2014|access-date=February 15, 2021|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://entretenimento.r7.com/famosos-e-tv/chega-ao-fim-o-casamento-dos-mcs-pocahontas-e-rouba-cena-06102019|title=Chega ao fim o casamento dos MCs Pocahontas e Rouba Cena|work=R7.com|date=November 4, 2016|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} In August 2019 she began a relationship with promoter Ronan Souza.{{cite web|url=https://portalpopline.com.br/pocah-assume-relacionamento-com-ronan-souza-ex-de-anitta-estamos-namorando/|title=Pocah assume relacionamento com Ronan Souza, ex de Anitta: 'Estamos namorando'|work=Portal POPline|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} Later on December they registered their domestic partnership,{{cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/pocah-vai-morar-com-namorado-ex-de-anitta-manda-mae-de-volta-para-caxias-rv1-1-24120383.html|title=Pocah vai morar com namorado, ex de Anitta, e manda mãe de volta para Caxias|work=Extra|date=December 6, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} and announced their official engagement in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://revistaquem.globo.com/entrevistas/noticia/2024/02/pocah-explica-medo-de-casar-apos-cinco-anos-de-namoro.ghtml|title=Pocah explica medo de casar após cinco anos de namoro|work=Quem|date=February 25, 2024|access-date=October 30, 2024|language=Portuguese}}

Pocah is openly bisexual; she first came out when she was 13 years old.{{cite web|url=https://www.agenciadanoticia.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=99700¬icia=eu-achava-que-nem-gostava-de-macho-conta-pocah|title='Eu achava que nem gostava de macho', conta Pocah|work=Agência da Notícia|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=February 8, 2021|language=Portuguese}} In a 2020 interview for magazine ISTOÉ, she also described herself as a feminist.{{cite web|url=https://istoe.com.br/tem-hora-que-eu-quero-ficar-com-a-raba-de-fora-diz-pocah/|title='Não vou abaixar a cabeça pra ninguém', diz Pocah|work=ISTOÉ|date=August 28, 2020|access-date=February 8, 2021|language=Portuguese}}

Discography

Cria de Caxias (2024)

Awards and nominations

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rowspan=2| 2020

| MTV Millennial Awards Brazil

| Best Video Made at Home

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2020/09/luan-santana-pedro-sampaio-e-pocah-farao-shows-no-mtv-miaw.shtml |title=Luan Santana, Pedro Sampaio e Pocah farão shows no MTV MIAW |work=F5|date=2020-09-15|author=F5|accessdate=2020-09-24}}

MTV Millennial Awards Brazil

| Zika do Baile

| {{nominated}}