Cidade Negra (Portuguese: Black City) is a Brazilian reggae band formed in 1986 in Rio de Janeiro.
The band reached success in 1991, with the album Lute pra Viver (Fight to Live), including the radio hit "Falar a Verdade".
Formed in Baixada Fluminense, the band has placed hits in soap operas, like the frustrated remake of Irmãos Coragem, broadcast in Rede Globo in 1995.
In 2005, the group was nominated for Brazilian VMAs (VMB), for best video by viewers choice (Perto de Deus).
On June 13, Cidade Negra announced the new singer: Alexandre Massau, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, ex-singer of Berimbrown and Preto Massa.