Latino Fans

Hip-Hop Planet Hip-hop started in New York City in the 1970s but has become popular all over the world. Today, many countries have their own local hip-hop scenes. Artists from different backgrounds rap about everything from cars and designer clothes to social issues. Here are two examples. The Czech Republic Europe is home to 10-12 million Roma -a group of people often called "gypsies." Many Roma are poor. In some places, they also face discrimination. Now some Roma teenagers are using hip-hop to teach tolerance. In the Czech Republic, Roma teens meet for a hip-hop class called "Rap for Peace Hip-Hop. Their instructor is Shameema Williams. She is a member of the all-female rap group Godessa, from South Africa. In the lessons, the teens learn

11. Also consider, Selena 's husband and guitar player, Chris.  Chris was a heavy metal/rock musician.  Why did he agree to play in Selena 's band?  In what sense is the heavy metal culture Mexican-American, Chicano, Anglo?  Are there aspects of culture in the U.S. which

Henry is a model American teenager—and the prototypical consumer at which the hip-hop industry is squarely aimed, which has his parents sitting up in their seats. The music that was once the purview of black America has gone white and gone commercial all at once. A sea of white faces now rises up to greet rap groups as they perform, many of the teenagers like Henry, a NASCAR fanatic and self-described redneck (468)

This paper is an analysis of the political and social aspects of hip-hop and reggae, as well as, addressing the commonalities of the music itself as they have developed and changed over time. This analysis produces the holistic view reflecting the interconnectedness of these two genres of music.

Born in Lake Jackson, Texas on April 16, 1971, Selena Quintanilla-Perez would come to be known as the “Queen of Tejano music.” With the help of different sources to provide evidence and support to my argument, the aim of this paper is to examine how Tejana singer, Selena was able to impact those around her with her career as a musician and through the medium of music. Selena rose to success by continuously crossing over to different markets. She not only impacted her fans one by one, but also brought about social and cultural changes by fleshing out tensions between Anglo and Latino communities by bringing people together through music.

Latinos are an American community of considerable diversity of culture, race, ethnic, and national origin. It is a community on the forefront of significant demographic change and sociopolitical growth (Appleby, G.A., Colon, E., & Hamilton, J., 2011). Latinos in the United States are diverse, and collectively the second largest ethnic minority population in the country (Vigil, 1996). In the Latino population, culture represents a way of life that binds Latinos together through their language, values, beliefs, and practices that are considered appropriate and desirable. The population is an aggregation of several subgroups; Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and South American and Dominicans. Some demographers suggest that

Jadakiss and Dr. James Patterson Watson (Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes) both explain the largest consumers of Hip Hop music are:

Latinos are some of the main consumers of pretty much any media. They’re the ethnic group that visit movie theaters most and they invest so much of their time and money to keep media outlets such as movies and TV shows going. However, they’re

Although the listening audience is diverse, more than 2.8 Million listen Power 106 every week. According to the webpage of Power 106 FM, “51% of L.A’s young Latino audience tunes to Power 106, and 25% of L.A.’s Africa-American audience tunes to Power 106 each week”. Besides, the program’s cores are “Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-49”.

Rene Perez Joglar “ El Residente” and Eduardo Jose Cabra Martinez “El Visistante” are the Puerto Rican step brothers that created the band Calle 13 in 2005. The music style Calle 13 incorporates into their music is Reggaeton with a range of different Latin American genres. Reggaeton originated from Puerto Rico, it is a collaboration of Latin dancehall and rap. Unlike many rappers, this particular Latin American band uses their music to speak upon the current issues people are facing instead of the usual money sex and fame. From the name of the band “Calle 13” to their stage name is a form of expressing political and social issues in Latin Americans have to deal with. These stepbrothers made their music an outlet for political outrage.

Luis Coronel US Latino Millennial fans are more likely to listen to music genres such as Rap (53%, 231 index), Hip-Hop (52%, 165 index), Latin Pop (50%, 196 index), Salsa (50%, 217 index), Reggae (50%, 306 index), and Urban (47%, 625 index). Millennial fans are less likely to listen to genres such as Easy Listening (21%, 97 index), R&B (19%, 69 index), and Classic Rock (28%, 74 index) compared to the average Latino

Haitian descent rappers in Montreal and rap Kreyol artists from Haiti were both introduced to rap music the same way listening to imported, bootleg tapes made in America. Although, both groups located at different areas around the globe, they produce their music using American hip-hop beats. The Haitian people blend it with customary Kreyol language while the artist in Montreal rap in French and mix in “their own language codes” (Vertus 2016). Both groups rapping about the socioeconomic challenges faced every day like poverty, ghetto life, and the drug culture. Haiti’s more lenient when it comes to accepting hip-hop into their culture and has grown considerably and undergone many changes over the past years. In comparison with the people

Audun Kjus Aahlin states, “Research done on the subject has revealed that it is fair to suggest that American hip-hop, and the hybrid culture and arts it creates, makes a great number of potential immigrants feel more positive and connected towards blackness and African Americans” (Aahlin 34). Cross-cultural assimilation through music allows for cultural connection and furthermore the grown of hip-hop, an idea which is represented in Feel the Noise. In Feel the Noise, the ability to assimilate reggaeton and New York City African American hip-hop allows for the Puerto Rican population to connect with the African American culture through the assimilation of music. However, cultural assimilation in music also causes conflict which can be seen in 8

Similarities between the Cuban Hip-Hop Music Industry and the Cuban Revolution Hip-hop is a musical genre that is popular among the African American community in the US and the youth in other countries such as Cuba. Youths uses this genre of music to express themselves and to address important issues in the society. In the initial years of existence, the Cuban government supported hip-hop because it provided youth employment and had the potential to generate government income in the same way the Jamaican music industry generate government revenue. However, the artists used the platform to raise important issues such as inequality and government heavy-handedness. Therefore, the government imposed a ban on hip-hop, resulting to the development of a thriving underground music industry.

Hip Hop music became one of the primary constructive outlets for Black Americans to release their thoughts, pain, and anguish about the injustices and mistreatments of Black people. Even though most of the pioneers in Hip-Hop either were not born in America or are 2nd generation immigrants that proves that common oppression can lead to unity. The fact that that these individuals were impoverished and felt marginalized is what brought them together and lead to the culture today. Deep rooted racism in the United States kept the genre of music suppressed for a while before it was allowed to even be played on the airwaves. Now, in 2011, the main consumers of byproducts of hip hop are White Americans.