{{mi| {{fanpov|date=May 2025}} {{refimprove|date=May 2025}}}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = 509-E | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = 250px | alias = | origin = | genre = Hip Hop, Gangsta rap | years_active = <!-- {{Start date|2000}}–2003 --> | label = | website = | current_members = Dexter <br /> Afro-X | past_members = }} '''509-E''' was a Brazilian rap group formed by Dexter and Afro-X when they were incarcerated in Carandiru Penitentiary. The group dissolved in 2003, and they both launched solo careers.
==Career== Dexter and Afro-X met when sharing the same cell in the Carandiru prison. After the launch of their first song, "powder keg" they began to produce new music.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.radiorap.com.br/item/83/509_e.html | title = Rap Radio "The voice of the movement HipHop" "509-E | publisher = www.radiorap.com.br | access-date = November 13, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091112025552/http://www.radiorap.com.br/item/83/509_e.html | archive-date = 2009-11-12 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2000, they released their debut album,''Proverbs 13'', with guest appearances from Mano Brown, Edy Rock, MV Bill and DJ Hum.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Following an interview on Rede Globo, the pair were targeted by Brazilian authorities for speaking out.{{clarify|date=May 2025}} After an uprising that resulted in the closure of the Carandiru penitentiary in 2002, the group was banned by the police from playing shows in the street due to their advocacy.<ref Name="a">{{cite web | url = http://www.bsbblack.com/home/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:dexter-af-black-raises-another-time&catid=97:notes | title = Dexter - The black fury raises again | publisher = www.bsbblack.com | access-date = November 13, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After a time, Afro-X won the Freedom 509-E released his second and last work,''LL DC (2002 after Christ)''.<ref name = "a"/> The two members began to fall out and the group ended in 2003.<ref name="a"/>
To date,{{when|date=May 2025}} Dexter has released four albums as a solo artist. Afro-X has followed a sporadic career in rap, and gained national attention when he married Simony.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/1858/comportamento/1858_vida_bandida.htm | title = ISTOÉ Online | publisher = www.terra.com.br | access-date = November 13, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is now{{when|date=May 2025}} an educator.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://catracalivre.folha.uol.com.br/2009/04/ex-assaltante-afro-x-vira-educator/ | title = The rapper and ex-burglar, Afro X, turns educator | publisher = catracalivre.folha.uol.com.br | access-date = November 13, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301182001/http://catracalivre.folha.uol.com.br/2009/04/ex-assaltante-afro-x-vira-educador/ | archive-date = 2012-03-01}}</ref>
In 2009, a documentary was released about 509-E, called ''Between Light and Shadow'', directed by Luciana Burlamaqui, focusing on violence in Brazil from the formation of Dexter and Afro-X in Carandiru.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rapnacional.com/noticias.asp?id=3602 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306012342/http://www.rapnacional.com/noticias.asp?id=3602 | url-status=dead | archive-date = March 6, 2016 | title = Rap Nacional | publisher = www.rapnacional.com.br | access-date = November 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://epipoca.uol.com.br/filmes_detalhes.php?idf=19677 | title = Between Light and Shadow (2007) - Soundtracks | publisher = epipoca.uol.com.br | access-date = November 14, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On November 14, 2009, te film received first prize in 4 ª Mostra Cinema and Human Rights in South America.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://cinema.cineclick.uol.com.br/noticia/carregar/titulo/entre-a-luz-ea-sombra-vence-4-mostra-cinema-e-direitos-humanos-na-america-do-sul/id/24618 | title = Between Light and Shadow 4 wins Mostra Cinema and Human Rights in South America - Cineclick | publisher = cinema.cineclick.uol.com.br | access-date = November 14, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=November 2015}}</ref>
==Discography== * ''Provérbios 13''(2000) * ''MMII DC (2002 Depois de Cristo)'' (2002)
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==External links== * [http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/509-E 509-E at Last.fm]
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Category:Brazilian hip-hop groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003