Are latinos as important as black people when it comes to talks about hip hop history

[midwestgangsta]

no... but they are more important when it comes to talkin about reggaeton history....

i mean let's be serious... u got joe, pun, terror squad (back in the day), cypress hill, pitbull, .... fuck i just probably named half of the relevant latino rappers of all time... if not 3/4

now look at how much of the black people put into hip hop... are you really gonna tell me it's even remotely close???? so how the fuck could they be JUST as important in the history of hip hop???? yes they have a small part... but thats about it

 

[doblephilo1]

Well i see where u coming from but u have to remember that latino rappers or rappers that happen to be latinos get categorized because they latinos..... So labels wanted to market them strictly to the latino audience...the ones u mention were rare cases i guess or had some type of cosign....

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

the puerto ricans invented breakdancing

crazy legs is puerto rican, GOAT breakdancer

so yeah, the breaking element belongs to the Latinos, not the blacks

 

[doblephilo1]

For the record reggaeton its more like a puerto rican thing (even tho it was created in panama)....its hard to be accepted if ur mexican and u do reggaeton....for some reason it looks silly....

Latinos bump reggaeton but ricans control that shit.......

 

[semi-auto-mato]

latinos were there with us early on....check the cold crush brothers...now to say they are as important as black people would be pushing it a bit far...they were sprinkled in here and there but they were not the face, they were not the founders...they were part of crews in the late 70s and early 80s....

 

[doblephilo1]

latinos were there with us early on....check the cold crush brothers...now to say they are as important as black people would be pushing it a bit far...they were sprinkled in here and there but they were not the face, they were not the founders...they were part of crews in the late 70s and early 80s....

thats what im saying latinos didnt get into hip hop after cypress hill....they were there before that...........

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

they were not the founders

bullshit

crazy legs and his rock steady crew

and kool herc is jamaican, so really, african americans got nothing to do with founding hiphop anyway

 

[hrap-120]

Our Latino brothers are just as important as Black people with the pioneering of HipHop culture, some of the greatest Graf writers and B-boys were Latino's.

The almighty Zulu Nation was compromised of Blacks and Latino's and they were the first organization to rep what we know as HipHop culture.

Latino's can claim a Top 5 rapper Big Pun
Latino's can claim a Top 5 graf artist Lee "Zorro' Quiones
Latinos can claim a top 5 B-boy Frostee Freeze

Dont even get me started on the Beatnutz and cuts like "off the books" and Ghostface's "One" or movies like "Wildstyle"...and Nore is my dawg.

Latinos are a very important part of Hiphop and without them hiphop wouldnt be the culture that it is....

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[doblephilo1]

uhm, you know most latinos are mix race blacks, right?

Anyways, this topic is dumb to ask. Obviously there are more black people contributing to hip hop than spics.

But we'll always have a place in it. Ya'll show us love.

i think we are mixed w spaniards and europeans more than we are w blacks.............

About the showing love part hmmmmmmmm not always..........

 

[semi-auto-mato]

bullshit

crazy legs and his rock steady crew

and kool herc is jamaican, so really, african americans got nothing to do with founding hiphop anyway

crazy legs didnt invent breakdancing...kool herc was djing in the bx for african americans

 

[weezyfgarbage]

the puerto ricans invented breakdancing

crazy legs is puerto rican, GOAT breakdancer

so yeah, the breaking element belongs to the Latinos, not the blacks

One of my asian friends brought up a good point: them koreans/japanese have taken breaking to greater heights (no pun intended) because of their shorter, lighter frames (making the moves much easier to do than if you're as big as lamar odom)....completely unrelated to the topic but since you mentioned breaking I had to mention this.

 

[da champ]

Our Latino brothers are just as important as Black people with the pioneering of HipHop culture, some of the greatest Graf writers and B-boys were Latino's.

The almighty Zulu Nation was compromised of Blacks and Latino's and they were the first organization to rep what we know as HipHop culture.

Latino's can claim a Top 5 rapper Big Pun

Latino's can claim a Top 5 graf artist Lee "Zorro' Quiones

Latinos can claim a top 5 B-boy Frostee Freeze

true, but with 1 out of each of those top 5s being Latino, chances are that in each category the other 4 are black.

important? YES.

as important as blacks? lol, let's not turn this into a race thing.

 

[BobOblah]

Latinos contributed to the start in the Bronx, so they were important, but no, they weren't as important as blacks to hiphop history

 

[doblephilo1]

la republica dominicana (where my fams from), colombia, puerto rico, peru, argentina, bolivia, cuba, chile etc all have african ancestry. Colombus' brought slaves to all these countries after discovering them.

If ur from any of those countries, it's likely ur a mix-breed.

dominicanos i agree, ricans are divided cause they have light skinned dudes (european mixed) people from peru have that indian look not dissin but their facial features are obvious, argentinians are all light skinned (european) bolivia (well same as peru) cuba no doubt black roots but also european and chile well same as argentina

im mexican by the way....

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

One of my asian friends brought up a good point: them koreans/japanese have taken breaking to greater heights (no pun intended) because of their shorter, lighter frames (making the moves much easier to do than if you're as big as lamar odom)....completely unrelated to the topic but since you mentioned breaking I had to mention this.

asians are taking over the world

 

[Kalisto2010]

Here's my viewpoint. Yes Latino's have played a major part in hip hop, both as contributers but mostly as consumers. If it wasn't for them rap wouldn't reached it's peak in the 90's. Like 99% of the young American latino community listened to and purchased rap music.

 

[hrap-120]

One of my asian friends brought up a good point: them koreans/japanese have taken breaking to greater heights (no pun intended) because of their shorter, lighter frames (making the moves much easier to do than if you're as big as lamar odom)....completely unrelated to the topic but since you mentioned breaking I had to mention this.

They got nice groundrock but they cant lock for shit, my boy Mr Animation out here on the West could eat up Korea and japan for breakfast and still have room for China.

 

[hrap-120]

true, but with 1 out of each of those top 5s being Latino, chances are that in each category the other 4 are black.

important? YES.
as important as blacks? lol, let's not turn this into a race thing.

I never said 'as important, I said as important in the PIONEERING of the culture.

No doubt we dominate, but they still played an important role in the inception of the culture, these are not my words these are the words of Afrika Bambataa, the Godfather of HipHop.

2002 redbull breakdancing world champ was from France. Toruney was hosted by Rahzel.

Thats crazy hipHop is Universal...

[video=youtube;a8RXefG0Pbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RXefG0Pbc[/video]

Here go a good vid^^^^^

 

[destro1]

I dont know many latino rappers compared to black rappers but Cuban link is cool, Big pun changed the game, Fat Joe though i don't like him was cool, Tony sunshine is a cool singer and the Beatnuts were great also.

 

[nynicca]

fyck outta here i rather listen to a white rapper than a spc any day. nore is a confused black man. hes the only halk blk hal spic to say he spic one week n blk the next. ti, banks and other rappes are half spic but dont rep that shit like that spic nore. the only thing yall gave hiphop was wack ass music like ths is for the spix type of songs we need to treat the hiphop game like arizona