This article aims to problematize the social role of fashion through the Brazilian carnival with the theoretical support of Diana Crane, through the samba-enredo Chapter 4, Verse 3 - Da Rua e do Povo, o Hip-Hop: Um Manifesto Paulistano by the Vai-Vai samba school and to show the importance of cultural history from the perspective of Jim Sharp’s history from below, as historical reparation for the Brazilian black population.