Melo chilling in the favelas

[dennis roadman]

Melo out here trying to be like Michael Jackson.
MJ didn't have no security when he went up in them favelas to film a video.

i love mike but he was surrounded by armed guards

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Real recongnise real. He won't get robbed because he's a real one, cacs like Ryan Locke despite being famous got his pocket flipped into bunny ears. Cac, Respect is earned not given, swine don't respect no one, so they get their pockets ran in.

I'm sure the OG's there got some incentives as well for keeping the stick up kids in check when Melo was around

Y'all nikkas some miserable ass nikkas god damn. "He had security", "You know he was Rollin deep". At least the nikka is tryna interact with the locals you bytch ass nikkas

 

[dennis roadman]

Law enforcement is barred from everyday activity in the favelas through resident made checkpoints.

The disintegration between municipality and community here pails in comparison.

Either way... he's a real dude.

Much respect to Melo.

on some real shyt, and im a melo fan, but some bandidos were paid off somewhere to make sure this didn't happen somewhere. no way an american millionaire celebrity walks out clean without greasing a palm, directly or indirectly

same reason why cops won't hassle a certain area, because it's profitable to leave them be

those favela tours are the slow money of the traficantes

all that being said, the favelas of RJ are some of the best places in the world until something pops off, and the speed at which the vibe changes is lightning quick

respect to melo regardless for meeting with O POVO i'll be sure to peep the mural when i touch down

 

[MJ Truth]

Whoever snapped that pic of Melo in the chair in the street cut off his right shoe, just take a step or 2 back and the pic is way better...



We gotta do better at framing photos brehs

Seriously breh?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Threads like this remind me that half the dudes on this site are mentally challenged

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Been saying this in all my travels. The people will love you if you come around when you don't have to. If you don't look like food, the wolves won't fukk with you cause the people won't allow it.

 

[beenz]

I highly doubt some 6'8" NBA player is just gonna be solo in the slums of a 3rd world country. lets be reality here

he got too much to lose and nothing to gain by doing this.

 

[Fade Runner 2049]

Real recongnise real. He won't get robbed because he's a real one, cacs like Ryan Locke despite being famous got his pocket flipped into bunny ears. Cac, Respect is earned not given, swine don't respect no one, so they get their pockets ran in.

Yea right if Melo rolled deep into Brazil dolo he'd get jacked too

 

[Malta]

Dope ass mural
Melo that dude.
Low key he taking shots at @Malta

I been up in Rocinha, Santa Marta (MJ Statue) and Chatuba, I ain't never seen you there

 

[GoldenGlove]

Seriously breh?

Am I lying?

 

[PortCityProphet]

I been up in Rocinha, Santa Marta (MJ Statue) and Chatuba, I ain't never seen you there

Yea Yea I be up in them places too, playing futbol with the youngins. Musta just missed you.

 

[GhostoftheMan]

Melgawd rides for his people

 

[NYC Rebel]

The Favelas are UP.... in the traces... The Hills....

MJ went up in the Favelas. Melo did not go UP in the Favelas.

Guys here are excited about him going to the hood when he did not go up into the hood.

That was my point in reference to your post.

To my own point.

Why do people get excited as if going into the hood is supposed to be some sort of badge of merit?

Why post it as if you are looking for credibility? Does that make the favelas any less of a shytty place because a millionare

basketballer can call the slums home?

You pretty much spring boarded your own, irrelevant thoughts onto here.

One....you decided to tell heads what they're seeing when some of us are very much happy seeing a high profile athlete treat the poor like they're human beings.

Why NOT celebrate it? Because it didn't fulfil your armchair qualifications?

Two, it wasn't his job to make it a better place. Who is lookin for that to be fulfilled in a VISIT BESIDES YOU???

 

[Family Lives Matter]

The hood pope

 

[desjardins]

There are multiple favelas in Rio folks. Beautiful video by pHarrell and snoop dogg was in a tourist favela. Let's not be naive like he wasn't in one that was cleaned up for the Olympics. You think they painting murals of rich Americans in the savage favelas?