Tim Maia was one of Brazil's most flamboyant and talented artist.
Born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia, this Brazilian musician, songwriter was known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style.
Maia contributed to Brazilian music within a wide variety of musical genres, including soul, funk, bossa nova, disco, romantic ballads, pop, rock, jazz, baião and MPB.
He introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene.
Along with Jorge Ben, Maia pioneered MPB's samba rock genre, combining samba, soul, and funk.
He is internationally recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music.
