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Article: Latinos in hip hop to reggaeton.
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- Latin Beat Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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For the past year, reggaeton has bumped and grinded its way to the forefront of Latin music--pushing aside traditional favorites such as salsa and pop to become the most popular Latin style in the country. Daddy Yankee started off 2005 at the top of Billboard's ranking of Latin albums, beating out international superstars Juanes and Luis Miguel, among other Latin music staples. In hip hop, this summer's anthem came from New York via Puerto Rican MC Fat Joe with Lean Back. At the same time, Cuban American rapper Pitbull of Miami brought Spanglish rap to the masses, and in California, Chicano acts like Akwid, Jae-P and Baby Bash have been selling unprecedented numbers of CDs ...
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Transcript: Puerto Ricans on the Mainland
Talk of the Nation (NPR);
July 22, 1998 ;
700+ words
... ... people were. For so many Americans, Puerto Ricans were defined by their poverty. And ... from old ones in the Center City, Puerto Ricans moved into the apartment buildings ... populations to the suburbs, the jobs that Puerto Ricans came to the mainland to fill often ...
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