Entertainment Now

The main attractions of "Entertainment Now" are the music videos of current Latino artists in hip hop and reggaeton. In addition, there should be links to other sites associated with "entertainment" and Latino hip hop culture. These links could include, for example, a link to "Mr. Cartoon," a famous Latino tattoo artist, as well as various Latino hip hop clothing sites. These links would also include the websites we have collected and assessed regarding the Latino community & hip hop (e.g. LatinoHipHop.org, BrownPride.com and ReggaetonFever.com).

We have also collected lots of old/throwback videos from the ‘80s/early ‘90s relating to entertainment. These include everything from old music videos of Latinos in hip hop early on (e.g. Crazy Legs and Mr. Wiggles from RockSteady Crew), to George Lopez clips or interviews. We think that these "old" videos could go in a "Throwback Video Vault," since they don't really belong under "current" entertainment. These videos may not be of current interest to kids, but they could have an educational value for those who are interested in Latino roots in hip hop.

Timeline

1970s:

DJ Disco Wiz (Luis Cedeño)

-       Called the first Latino hip-hop DJ

-       Born in the Bronx

-       Puerto Rican and Cuban descent

-       Formed Mighty Force Crew in 1970s with Grandmaster Caz

-       Verse by DJ Disco Wiz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X89QshDP7W4

Prince Whipper Whip - Old school, live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz6Zg89DXeg

Rubie Dee

Charlie Chase

DJ Tony Tone

 

1980s:

The Mean Machine

• "Disco Dream" on Sugar Hill Records, 1981
• ^First rap to "emphasize Spanglish"

Spanish Fly & The Terrible 2

• "Spanglish," 1981
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Is5hWlHqc

Master OC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPwX2ZwdoS8

The Devastating Tito[1]

The Fearless Four

• "Rockin' It" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOHvOhADAic

The Fantasy 3

Charlie Rock

Prince Markie Dee (The Fat Boys)

• "Trippin' Out" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4oMXPUXR5A

Wise (Stetsasonic)[2]

• "Talkin All That Jazz" by Stetsasonic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgmfyFm30OE

Super Lover Cee

• "Girls I Got'em Locked" by Super Lover Cee and Casanova: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ5qtFIe59M

Johnny Rock

DJ Candido

DJ Muscle

DJ Shiz (B.Boy Omega)

DJ Dr. Dust and cousin DJ Duran

• Known as first Dominican hip-hop DJs

Breez Evahflowin

• Known as first hip hop MC with Brazilian parents

 

WEST COAST ‘80s-‘90s

"In the late 1980s and early 1990s, most Latin rap came from the West Coast of the United States."[3]

-       Mellow Man Ace

o   Released bilingual track "Mentirosa" in 1989 - brought Spanglish rap to mainstream

o   "Mentirosa": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hI2-yLKZmE

o   "Rhyme Fighter" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6s-10WubF0

o   "Godfather of Latin rap" - also was inducted into Hip Hop Hall of Fame

-       Kid Frost

o   "La Raza," 1990

o   "La Raza": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUEWRp4zrdk

-       Latin Alliance

o   1991 - group formed by Kid Frost, Mellow Man, A.L.T. and others

o   Released album (Latin Alliance) in 1991

§  Hit song "Lowrider (On the Boulevard)"

§  "Low Rider" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghHzClzmBaI

-       A.L.T.

o   "Tequila," 1991

o   "Stone Cold World" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtxsbhctE4o&feature=related

-       Cypress Hill

o   Went platinum, 1991 (first Latin rappers to do so)

o   Perhaps their most well-known song, "Insane in the Membrane": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RijB8wnJCN0&feature=av2n

o   Also, "(Rock) Superstar"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4VpE-0zitU&feature=av2e

o   "No Entiendes La Onda" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZMc0cuSy4A&NR=1

-       Gerardo

o   Ecuadorian

o   "Rico, Suave" (hit single) in Spanglish

o   "Rico Suave" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx64_N4AA04

-       Johnny J

o   Writer, producer, rapper

o   Produced on Tupac's All Eyez on Me  and Me Against the World

o   Produced "Knockin' Boots" for Candyman, 1990

o   "Knockin' Boots" video (produced by Johnny J): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q76IlF5HES0

EAST COAST (esp. MIAMI) - LATE 90's

-       Beatnuts

o   "No Escapin' This": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0hLGDSldqE

o   "Watch Out Now": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPwkHtul62o&a=GxdCwVVULXdkRO5uxHiPmUOZ-TyFuigZ

o   "Off the Books" ft. Big Pun and Cuban Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYV7FkoUNPY&feature=related

o   "Hit Me With That": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDST7uvmJXo&feature=related

o   "We Got the Funk"

-       Chino XL

o   "Wordsmith": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6itMg9nGg&a=GxdCwVVULXd3AzGRRRVg07Oo1pBzXHMW

o   "Creep": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YfU1eEWt7A

-       Big Pun[4]

o   First solo Latino rapper to go platinum for album Capital Punishment - with "Still Not a Player"

o   From the Bronx

o   Puerto Rican descent

o   "Still Not A Player" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEqTbaFVXU

o   "It's So Hard" ft. Donnell - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMIzWh1yhCA

o   "100%" ft. Tony Sunshine - http://www.youtube.com/user/BigPunisherVEVO#p/a/u/1/gzkAQ_TkXPQ

-       Fat Joe

o   Puerto Rican and Cuban descent

o   Bronx

o   Random fact: is an avid sneaker collector...?

o   "Flow Joe" (1993) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falp3jzyOOQ

o   "Lean Back" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmI1P3r1w4

o   "Make it Rain" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPjONDN3ZI

-       Cuban Link

o   "Flowers For the Dead" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg6bboQt8Ic

-       Immortal Technique

o   "Dance With the Devil" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qggxTtnKTMo

 

SOUTHWEST - CHICANO RAP - LATE 90's

-A Lighter Shade of Brown (SoCal Chicanos)

• "On a Sunday Afternoon" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh5_kwvQGd4

-B-Real (SoCal Chicanos)

• "Psycho Realm Revolution" - B Real ft. Sick Jacken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGcBDoWTgo

-Psycho Realm (SoCal Chicanos)

-Delinquent Habits (SoCal Chicanos)

• "Tres Delinquentes" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_5nCgAXIYU (has some sort of commercial at the beginning)

-Chingo Bling (Texan)

• "Like This N Like That"[5] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAC7jg5l8V4

-Juan Gotti (Texan)

-South Park Mexican (Texan)

-Lil Rob (from San Diego)

-       Chicano Rap

-       Singles "Summer Nights" and "Bring Out the Freak in You"

-Baby Bash

-       "Suga Suga" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rgStv12dwA&feature=av2e

-Sinful of Tha Mexicanz (Spanglish rap)

-Kemo the Blaxican (Spanglish rap)

 

"Urban Regional style":

Akwid, Jae-P, Crooked Stilo, Mexiclan, David Rolas

REGGAETON:

1980s-90s:

-       El General

o   1990s

o   Panamanian

o   Songs include: "Boriqua Anthem," "Muevelo" (1991), "Rica Y Apretadita," "Tu Pum Pum" (1988), and "Te Ves Buena"

-       Nando Boom

o   1980s/90s

o   Panamanian

o   Songs "A Danzar" and "Esa Chica Me Vacila"

Current:

-       Tego Calderón

-       Don Omar (Is more POP/Reggaeton than hip hop)

o   "Belly Danza" ft. Beenie Man- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QnI3hmTeXc&playnext=1&videos=Ikz14aSTlWY...

o   "Sexy Robotica" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJEseRTzag&playnext=1&videos=sKpyQZ1W1r4&feature=artistob

o   "Salio El Sol" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3su2ov8Vg&playnext=1&videos=Co3cZ1e46ms...

-       Wisin Y Yandel

o   Puerto Rican duo

o   "Sexy Moviemiento" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfCZGk8eCUk&playnext=1&videos=Xh_AlZVwWRE&feature=artistob

o   "Pegao" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS8_MxGQ-N0&playnext=1&videos=s7YyQNcJAXc...

-       Daddy Yankee

o   Name: Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez

o   Born in Río Piedras (San Juan, PR)

o   "Gasolina" (Live) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puE9KhxA128&feature=fvst

o   "Impacto" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oljM3r0HoNw

-       Pitbull

o   Name: Armando Christian Pérez

o   First recorded performance was on Lil Jon's Kings of Crunk album, 2002

§   "Pitbulls Cuban Rideout" ("that little Cuban from Miami Pitbull") - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQLT5J3mZ5A

§  "Hotel Room Service" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2up_Eq6r6Ko&feature=fvst

§  He did one of the Official World Cup Songs - "Game On" (2010) - http://www.youtube.com/user/PitbullVEVO

o   Debut album titled M.I.A.M.I. (Money is a Major Issue)

o   Hosts his own Spanish-language program on Mun2 "La Esquina"

o   Born to Cuban American immigrant parents

§  His parents made him recite José Martí (Cuban poet/national hero)

o   Was raised by his single mother

o   Was inspired by Nas, Biggie, and Big Pun

o   He began to deal drugs and was kicked out of the house by his mother at age 16

o   Graduated from high school, met Irv Gotti and Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) which led him to rap battle on the radio, eventually leading to his career in rap'

-       Tito "El Bambino"

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[1] It was difficult to find videos of the artists in The Fearless Four, but here is a biography of the group found on OldSchoolHipHop.com: http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/artists/emcees/fearlessfour.htm

[2] Black Puerto Rican MC. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_(Stetsasonic)

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_hip_hop

[4] It seems that some of the official videos for Pun's songs available on Youtube were made posthumously.

[5] This is a really good video; it comments on issues of immigration/assimilation in the U.S. "I'm reppin' for my hood, you can put that on Selena / And right now, they got us cleanin' up Katrina / Yo Kanye, Bush don't like Mexicans eitha."