17 Facts About Preta Gil

Preta Gil is the daughter of Gilberto Gil, a musician and former Minister of Culture in Brazil.

Preta Gil always believed that the decision to use the name Maria was the result of a lack of creativity.

Preta Gil had an older brother, Pedro, who was born in London during her father's exile from Brazil.

Preta Gil has great admiration for her grandmother, who stood firm at a chaotic time in her family's life.

Preta Gil had an imaginary puppy when she was five.

Preta Gil's mother joked that the airplane that took them to Los Angeles was a slave ship since she and her children were black.

Preta Gil was in Rio de Janeiro at the height of the 1980s when Bombando, Blitz, Paralamas, Barao Vermelho, and Lulu Santos were popular.

Preta Gil wanted to be the character, "Chacrete," in the TV show Chacrinha.

Preta Gil spent every Saturday in the Fenix theater or the Botanical Garden.

Preta Gil loved Elke Maravilha who was a constant fixture on the show.

Preta Gil would imitate her godmother, Gal Costa, and other reputable and talented singers and actresses that she loved like Rita Lee and Elba Ramalho.

Preta Gil is related to popular Brazilian rock singer Marina Lima.

Preta Gil took nude pictures for the cover and the booklet of the CD.

Once Preta Gil finished photographing the pictures, she showed them to the label.

Innocently, Preta Gil said that since she had to include other singers on the disc, singers who were naked on the covers of their CDs, would help to make here less controversial.

For Carnival 2014, Preta Gil performed 19 shows over 15 days.

Your street block in the Marvelous City, the "Bloco da Preta Gil", is the third-largest in the Rio de Janeiro and has already reached concentrate to 2.5 million people in the streets.