Nego do Borel, artistic name of Leno Maycon Viana Gomes (born 10 July
1992), is a Brazilian singer of funk ostentação, songwriter and
actor. He is known for hits "Os Cara do Momento", "Diamante de Lama",
"Bonde dos Brabos" and "Você Partiu Meu Coração", with Wesley
Safadão and Anitta. Currently he has two albums released by Sony
Music. Nego do Borel was the sixth Brazilian artist to enter the US
Billboard Hot 100.Leno Maycon Viana Gomes was born on 10 July 1992 in
Rio de Janeiro and was raised in Morro do Borel, a slum in Rio. He was
the only child of Roseli Vianna and Nelcir Gomes. He dropped out of
school in fourth grade to become a funk artist. The name "Nego do
Borel" (meaning "black man from Borel") emerged from a nickname given
to him by one of his friends. Gomes would later adopt it as his stage
name. Nego was raised an evangelical Christian and his mother baptised
him Leno Maycon Viana Gomes after John Lennon and Michael Jackson.Due
to early life lived in poverty, almost all his teeth had rotted by the
time he rose to fame, so his first priority was to take care of his
oral health. Nego bought dentures costing 100,000 BRL and rebuilt his
house for his mother. At the height of his fame, he was earning
200,000 BRL per month.
1992), is a Brazilian singer of funk ostentação, songwriter and
actor. He is known for hits "Os Cara do Momento", "Diamante de Lama",
"Bonde dos Brabos" and "Você Partiu Meu Coração", with Wesley
Safadão and Anitta. Currently he has two albums released by Sony
Music. Nego do Borel was the sixth Brazilian artist to enter the US
Billboard Hot 100.Leno Maycon Viana Gomes was born on 10 July 1992 in
Rio de Janeiro and was raised in Morro do Borel, a slum in Rio. He was
the only child of Roseli Vianna and Nelcir Gomes. He dropped out of
school in fourth grade to become a funk artist. The name "Nego do
Borel" (meaning "black man from Borel") emerged from a nickname given
to him by one of his friends. Gomes would later adopt it as his stage
name. Nego was raised an evangelical Christian and his mother baptised
him Leno Maycon Viana Gomes after John Lennon and Michael Jackson.Due
to early life lived in poverty, almost all his teeth had rotted by the
time he rose to fame, so his first priority was to take care of his
oral health. Nego bought dentures costing 100,000 BRL and rebuilt his
house for his mother. At the height of his fame, he was earning
200,000 BRL per month.
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