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- In the mid-1980s, Latin Freestyle was officially named a subgenre of hip hop and subsequently became known as Latin Hip Hop. The genre was superseded by other styles of music like Dance-Pop, House Music, and Hip Hop in the '90s.
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In the mid-1980s, Latin Freestyle was officially named a subgenre of hip hop and subsequently became known as Latin Hip Hop. The genre was superseded by other styles of music like Dance-Pop, House Music, and Hip Hop in the '90s.
Freestyle, or Latin freestyle (initially called Latin hip hop) is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area Philadelphia, and Miami, primarily among Hispanic Americans and Italian Americans in the 1980s. It experienced its greatest popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s.
Aug 11, 2023 · August 11, 1973, is now regarded as the birth of hip-hop. Of course, African Americans created the art form, but Latinos have played an essential historic role in the birth and evolution of...
- Mellow Man Ace – “Mentirosa” With his 1989 debut, pioneer Mellow Man Ace became the first Latino artist to have a major bilingual hit with “Mentirosa,” which peaked at Number 14 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 Chart.
- Kid Frost – “La Raza” Another West Coast artist whose debut album produced a chart-topping single was Kid Frost with his 1990 hit “La Raza.” The song also garnered success in Belgium and The Netherlands.
- Cypress Hill – “Tequila Sunrise” In 1991, California-formed Cypress Hill became the first Latino rap group to be certified Platinum with its self-titled debut.
- Latin Alliance – “Lowrider (On the Boulevard)” A collaboration in 1991 brought Kid Frost, Mellow Man Ace, A.L.T., and several other Latin rappers together and the on-off hip-hop super group, Latin Alliance, was formed.
Feb 13, 2015 · "In the early '80s, you had this young Latino community developing and they were following the Hip-hop trail and how they were developing a new sound as something that they could call their own. There was R&B and the urban community developed Hip-hop.
The single that many consider the first true Latin Hip-Hop record was Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's "I Wonder If I Take You Home." The song was originally signed to Personal Records in New York and not released in the U.S.
Apr 10, 2010 · In the late 1980s and on through the 1990s, the electro and Latin hip hop influences of Freestyle were supplanted by house music, which marked Freestyle’s downfall. Freestyle reached its peak in the early 1990s before it began to fall in popularity and was slowly replaced by burgeoning house music.
