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The Nuyorican Poets Café in Alphabet City, Manhattan. Nuyorican is a portmanteau word blending "New York" (or "Nueva York" in Spanish) and "Puerto Rican," referring to Puerto Ricans located in or around New York City, their culture, or their descendants (especially those raised or currently living in the New York metropolitan area).
The Nuyorican movement is a cultural and intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican descent, who live in or near New York City, and either call themselves or are known as Nuyoricans. [1]
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Pedro Pietri (March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2004) was a Puerto Rican poet and playwright and one of the co-founders of the Nuyorican Movement . He was considered by some as the poet laureate of the Nuyorican Movement .
In the 1980s, Nuyorican Break dancers Rock Steady Crew and DJ Charlie Chase helped shape the early South Bronx hip hop scene. [ 46 ] Following the in migration of large numbers of Puerto Ricans to New York in the 1950s, folk style jibaro , bomba , and plena music became part of the cultural fabric of East Harlem ( El Barrio ) and the South ...
Nuyorican poetry of the 1990s era was focused on breaking down political, social, cultural, and racial boundaries between individuals and groups in the United States. The early 2000s for Nuyorican poetry was the time period when slam poetry took full root and the living, accessible nature of poetry was solidified. [3]
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Along with many other poets such as Miguel Algarín , Richard August, Jorge Brandon, Pedro Pietri , and others, Meléndez helped found the Nuyorican Poets Café , which helped serve as a platform for many influential works spanning from literature, music, plays, and much more.
The following is a list of notable Nuyorican/Stateside Puerto Rican. Bia (rapper) Big Pun ; Bodega Bamz (New York City) Chino XL ; CJ (rapper) (Staten ...
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico ... Sandra María Esteves (born 1948), Nuyorican poet [90] F.