Vigilante rap

Vigilante rap, also known as V-rap or rap das milícias, is a genre of hip-hop developed in Brazil and whose lyrics, as opposed to gangsta rap, are about praising vigilantism and violent acts against criminals instead of criminal enterprise or gangster life.

In the milícias' turfs, in Rio de Janeiro, V-rap is prevalent since any endorsement of criminal enterprise is highly and violently discouraged and, thus, regular gangsta rap or proibidão (a kind of crude gangsta rap which emerged from the Brazilian slums) is not allowed to be played at parties or even in a citizen's house.