MC Danilo Boladão, Baixada Santista Funk Pioneer, Dies at 47

Overview

• He woke with shortness of breath around 3 a.m., was taken to the Zona Leste UPA in Santos, suffered three cardiorespiratory arrests, and died at about 4:40 a.m.
• The artist lived with long-term diabetes and underwent multiple amputations of toes and part of his heel due to complications of the disease.
• Family members say UPA staff suspected a thrombotic event, but the precise medical cause awaits confirmation by autopsy.
• His agency, 300 Produtora, confirmed the death, announced the wake at Santa Casa de Santos and burial at Cemitério da Areia Branca, and requested financial assistance for his widow.
• A day before his death he posted about phantom limb pain and teased new work, and his producer says more than 15 recorded tracks remain with a first posthumous video shot a week earlier planned for release.