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Hip-Hop Cubano: Inventos

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In the film, “Hip-Hop Cubano” the term “inventos” was used and mentioned several time throughout. Personally, I do not have any Spanish background in my family, so I had no idea what the word “Inventos” even meant, but eventually upon further research as well as watching the film, I found out the term meant inventions. Initially, I had no idea what that had to do with hip-hop or this film but as I watched the documentary further I realized why they continually keep mentioning it throughout the film. Within the first few minutes of the documentary one of the artists, the leader of the Grandes Ligas (EPG) claim that their “inventions are Cuban, [they live] in a poor country, and [they] are very humble people” (02:38). The film sought to explain the up-and-coming hip-hop scene in Cuba through the innovations of popular rap groups such as EPG&B, Secto Sentido, Anonimo Consejo and Grandes Liges. …show more content…

There are Cuban groups that, despite not actually living in Cuba, are to be considered Cuban and have followers all across the globe such as Orishas. The documentary does an outstanding job following these groups throughout their daily lives, and to the different performances they have been to such as the Cuban Hip-Hop Festival, which was the first time many of these Cuban born artists were able to travel abroad, perform and record in New York City. As the artist said in the opening minutes of the documentary, the Cubans are very humble people due to living in such poor conditions. Upon their trip to New York, they know that they do not have the same access to benefits that Americans have, so they have to get creative and think out of the box to leave a lasting footprint in an ever-growing

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