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2 unusual facts about Mas Que Nada


Emma Pask

While she was unsuccessful during the Showdown rounds, Ricky requested that she join him in recording a Brazilian album he is currently working on after her performance of Brazilian hit song 'Mas que Nada'.

Gracinha Leporace

Leporace has featured regularly in much of her husband's group's releases over the last four decades and, most recently, can be heard as the Portuguese-singing female vocal in the hit Mas que Nada (featuring The Black Eyed Peas) from the 2006 album Timeless and in the Baden Powell de Aquino composition Berimbau/Consolação from the same album, in which she provides the lead vocal.


Sérgio Mendes

The 2006 re-recorded version of "Mas Que Nada" with The Black Eyed Peas had additional vocals by Gracinha Leporace (Mendes' wife); this version is included on Timeless.


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