Between beats and blessings: circulation and multiple belonging in DJ Tamy Reis' trajectory

Abstract

This article analyzes the trajectory of Tamyres Reis, a Black evangelical DJ from Rio de Janeiro, exploring her forms of circulation between secular and religious universes through music. From an ethnographic perspective, we investigate how her professional work as a hip-hop and black music DJ evidences possibilities of multiple belonging and cultural mediation in the contemporary urban context. We argue that her trajectory challenges essentialist views of religious identity, demonstrating how young evangelicals can construct their own ways of experiencing faith in dialogue with different social spheres.