D$ Luqi, born December 10, 1995, is a Brazilian rapper from Duque de Caxias in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. He completed a literature degree and worked as a teacher before committing to music independently, and has since passed 100 million streams without a major label behind him. His sound pulls together aggressive rap delivery, melancholic production, funk carioca and electronic textures, and his writing leans on his own life rather than genre convention, addressing racial inequality and life on the periphery on tracks like "Lado A, Lado B." TikTok played a large role in his growth, and the albums BLACK LAMEN and UOTOTOGOKA extended his reach across Brazil. Local press has taken to calling him the king of the underground, and he tours the country steadily on his own terms.