Luis Fernando "Nando" de Moura Cagnin (born April 28, 1984) is a Brazilian musician, music instructor and YouTuber who produces videos about heavy metal culture, video games, and politics.
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| Born | Luis Fernando de Moura Cagnin April 28, 1984 | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3.3 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 829.3 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: May 2, 2023 | ||||||||||
Music and YouTube career
editMoura became interested in music at the age of 7 studying the electric organ, later guitar, both influenced by the group Blind Guardian. He studied in the Netherlands at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Moura founded his band named Pandora 101 alongside his brother Gugo in 1999, at the age of 17.[citation needed] He played guitar and performed vocals, while his brother played the bass. They made four albums and a few singles.[2]
Moura was inspired by groups including Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Pantera, and Death. Moura explained his band's lack of success by what he sees as Brazil's lack of appreciation for quality music.[2]
In March 2016, Moura's Youtube channel had 500,000 subscribers and a total of 87 million views.[2]
Created in 2012, his channel initially concentrated on his band as well as metal and pop culture. In late 2014 he shifted to a discussion of conservatism.[2] As of 2016, Moura included references to Plato, Aristotle, Padre Paulo Ricardo, and others, using a rhetorical style that Moura describes as somewhat priestly, reflecting his education at an Adventist college. Moura benefited from YouTube's algorithm (at least before 2019) and directed users to novel content.[3] In February 2019, YouTube demonetized many of Moura's videos, after which Moura released several videos complaining about this decision.[4] Still in the same year, Nando Moura published online courses and a book called Masters of Capitalism.[5]
Positions
editAs of 2016, Moura described himself as a conservative, saying that he emphasized preserving the good that society had produced and supporting freedom in individuals' actions. He opposed treating homosexual couples in the same manner as heterosexual ones, arguing that the former could not raise a child effectively and arguing with references to Plato and Aristotle.[2]
Moura was a strong supporter of Jair Bolsonaro and campaigned for him in the 2018 presidential election. Later, he started to sharply criticize Bolsonaro's administration, calling him a "traitor" in a 2019 tweet criticizing the sanction of the "judge of guarantees" amendment (not foreseen in the original project of the Anti-Crime Package presented by Minister Sergio Moro).[6] He became one of the main criticizers of Bolsonaro's government because of the government's attitudes about corruption and the COVID-19 crisis.[6]
Controversies
editIn early December 2020, Nando became involved in a controversy with the musician Matuê, claiming that Matuê's music was poor and sets a bad example through their use of drugs. Moura claimed that Matuê participated in the Flow Podcast program and that the program glorified marijuana use.[7]
In mid-April 2019, a false story spread among networks and influencers, including Felipe Neto, and brazilian website Tecmundo, that Moura would be arrested for offending a college student. In 2015, Felipe Neto was convicted in the first instance for fake news about Nando Moura. The case was later dismissed.[8][9]
In February 2019, Nando erroneously stated on his channel that Joseph Stalin had two Nobel Prizes. This led to mocking on social networks. The error was later corrected in the video description.[10]
YouTube demonetized some videos on his YouTube channel for infractions related to hate speech and disinformation.[3]
An opinion article in New York Times described his channel as "right-wing conspiracy-filled" and stated that it uses "pop culture as a gateway to far-right ideas".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "About Nando Moura". YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e Vicente, João Paulo (2 May 2016). "Nando Moura, o metaleiro que ninguém conhecia, exceto milhões". Vice (in Portuguese).
A carreira longa, po-rém, não se reflete em sucesso de público, pelo menos no quesito apresenta-ções ao vivo. Os shows são raros ("dois ou três ao ano"), porque o Brasil não valoriza a música de qualidade.
- ^ a b c Fisher, Max; Taub, Amanda (11 August 2019). "How YouTube Radicalized Brazil". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
In colorful and paranoid far-right rants, Mr. Moura....Mr. Moura, the guitarist-turned-conspiracist....YouTube's recommendations often favored right-wing, conspiracy-filled channels like Mr. Moura's
- ^ Reis, Julia (22 February 2019). "Nando Moura acusa YouTube de retirar monetização de seus vídeos". Vice (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Nando Moura tira livros de Olavo de Carvalho de sua livraria após críticas". entretenimento.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ a b Onofre, Renato (25 December 2019). "Weintraub republica postagem chamando Bolsonaro de traidor, apaga e diz que foi um erro". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Ernani, Felipe (2020-12-02). "Matuê detona Nando Moura após YouTuber levantar bandeira contra a maconha". Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos! (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ Redação (2019-04-04). "Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo desmente Felipe Neto sobre prisão de Nando Moura". Conexão Política (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Felipe Neto diz que venceu processo movido pelo youtuber Nando Moura". Felipe Neto diz que venceu processo movido pelo youtuber Nando Moura | Gazeta Digital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Soviético Joseph Stalin não ganhou prêmio Nobel da Paz duas vezes". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-15.