Facção Central

Facção Central
Facção Central
	Facção central
Background information
Origin	São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	Rap, Gangsta Rap, Horrorcore, Political hip hop
Years active	1989–present
Members	Dum-Dum (Vocal)
Past members	Eduardo (Vocal); Nego; Jurandir; Garga; and Erick 12 (Toca discos); DJ Binho (Toca discos); J. Areas (Vocal); DJ Marquinhos (Toca discos)

Facção Central^[1] is a Brazilian rap group formed in the year 1998 the new training members Dum-Dum, DJ Binho.

It was formed in 1989 in São Paulo by left the group and they were replaced by Dum Dum and DJ Binho.^{[clarification needed]}

At the beginning of 1998 Garga left the band and Erick 12 became a new member, but nowadays he is just the group's music producer.

Eduardo (composer and performer) and Dum-Dum (performer) were born and grew up in favelas of São Paulo in an environment where social violence, criminality, drug trafficking and drug addiction were rampant. This violent past became a source of inspiration to Eduardo's political lyrics.^[2]