Shevchenko & Elloco was a Recife, Pernambuco brega funk duo made up of MC Shevchenko (Robson Oliveira Rodrigues) and MC Elloco (Cleiton José da Silva), artists who helped define the local “passinho” dance culture as it moved from neighborhood parties into wider Brazilian attention. Active since 2009, they built a hands-on base in Recife’s Zona Norte, running a clothing shop in Campo Grande that also doubled as a recording spot and a hangout for collaborators and younger MCs. Their breakthrough moment came in 2019, when “Tome na Pepeka” became a Carnival staple in the Northeast and pushed the duo into national conversation; in the same stretch they linked with Maneirinho do Recife and other names from their wider crew on records tied to the “Tropa” circle. The 2019 album Eu Tô Só Calado captured that peak-era sound, and it included “Dally” featuring Maneirinho do Recife, MC Balakinha & Biel Xcamoso, one of their best-known songs. They continued releasing singles through the early 2020s, including “Xereca de Mel” (2020) and “Taca Essa Buceta” (2021), then returned with a new batch of cuts in 2023—“Xereca De Mel 2,” “Diabinha,” “Piru de Natal” with MC 10G, and the EP Coloca Na Balança—followed by “A Putaria Me Abraçou” (2024). Elloco died on March 21, 2024, after suffering a heart attack in Recife, closing a partnership widely viewed as foundational to brega funk’s modern era.