article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
zeca baleiro
 zeca baleiro solo_singer 11 april 1966 singing , acoustic guitar mpb , samba maranhão , brazil jose ribamar musician
zeca baleiro

zeca baleiro -lrb- , born 11 april 1966 -rrb- is a brazilian mpb artist .
one of his most famous songs is `` salão de beleza '' , which was featured on putumayo world music 's `` reggae around the world '' compilation .
along with being a solo artist , he has also worked with guitarist pedro joia .
hailing from the state of maranhão , in northeastern brazil , zeca - short for josé -lrb- his name is jose ribamar -rrb- - grew up with music .
he then went to a university to study agronomy and was given the nickname `` baleiro '' -lrb- `` candyman '' -rrb- , because of his love for candy .
his first two records , `` por onde andará stephen fry '' and `` vô imbolá '' , won gold status .
the title track on `` por onde andará stephen fry ? ''
-lrb- where could stephen fry be ? -rrb-
was a reference to british actor stephen fry 's flight from the stage play `` cellmates '' in 1995 , when he disappeared from the united kingdom after bad reviews .
zeca won the 2000 latin grammys for `` best pop album '' .
in 2014 , his live album `` calma aí , coração - ao vivo '' was nominated for the same award , but in the best música popular brasileira album category , with the title song being nominated for the best brazilian song category .
he currently resides in são paulo .
