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Reggaeton is the foundation of a Latin-American commercial-radio term, hurban, [73] a combination of "Hispanic" and "urban" used to evoke the musical influences of hip hop and Latin American music. Reggaeton, which evolved from dancehall and reggae, and with influences from hip hop has helped Latin-Americans contribute to urban American culture ...
Hip hop music arrived in Cuba via radio and TV broadcasts from Miami.During the 1980s, hip hop culture in Cuba was mainly centered on breakdancing.By the 1990s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the onset of the Special Period, young rappers, exposed to foreign tourists whose wealth highlighted their struggle, turned to rapping to affirm their heritage and advocate for further ...
Much like in hip-hop, physical scars from experience on the street add legitimacy to an artist’s image. Acts that produce the most sense of street authenticity are being shot and being arrested for drug and weapons possession. [citation needed] Another aspect of hip-hop seen in reggaetón culture are artists rivalries. Within these rivalries ...
How to watch ‘Reggaeton: The Sound that Conquered the World’ You can stream the four-part docuseries on Peacock. Plans start at $7.99/month for premium with a no ads plan at $13.99/month.
"Perreo," the name of the dance performed to the rhythm of the widely popular Latin urban genre reggaeton, which has deep roots in Puerto Rico, is officially a Spanish word.
A few hip-hop dance shows appeared on television in the 1990s such as 1991's The Party Machine with Nia Peeples [note 9] and 1992's The Grind. Several hip-hop dance shows premiered in the 2000s including (but not limited to) Dance Fever, Dance 360, The Wade Robson Project, MTV Dance Crew, America's Best Dance Crew, Dance on Sunset, and Shake It Up.
Latin trap is a subgenre of Latin hip hop, taking influence from Southern hip hop as well as Puerto Rican genres like reggaeton and dembow.Vocals include a bend of rapping and singing using synthesizers and voice distorted autotune, often in Spanish, while still maintaining the trap style sonic circuitry. [3]
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans [1] [2], and Caribbean Americans [3] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black and Caribbean American street culture, [5] [6] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery. [7].