Oruam

Mauro Davi dos Santos Nepomuceno (born 1 March 2000), better known by his stage name Oruam (Brazilian Portuguese: [oɾuˈɐ̃]), is a Brazilian rapper, singer and songwriter. Growing up in the favelas and suburbs of Rio de Janeiro during the mid-2010s, Oruam was immersed in the local soundscape dominated by baile funk and the emerging trap scene. Though not a performer at first, he described music as integral to his lifestyle, citing a formative experience attending a baile at age 14 or 15 and developing a lasting affinity for proibidão, a subgenre of funk that portrays life in Rio’s marginalized communities. By 2021, Oruam began receiving studio invitations via social media, and in October of that year released his first track alongside Jhowzin, Raffé, and Chefin, contemporaries within Rio's growing trap scene. Their collaboration, "Invejoso" ("Jealous"), marked his debut studio recording and rapidly gained attention, amassing hundreds of millions of views on YouTube. Shortly afterward, he was contacted by Mainstreet, a prominent Rio-based label known for blending trap and baile funk, and signed with them following a performance in Cidade de Deus attended by label co-founder Orochi, in 2022. That year, Oruam won the "Revelação do Trap" award, which was held by Sobre Funk. Raised in the Cidade de Deus favela, Oruam is the son of one of the leaders of Comando Vermelho, Marcinho VP who is in prison. He studied psychology at Estácio de Sá University, but did not graduate. In 2010, his mother, Márcia, served a prison sentence of less than one year.