Latin rap

Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all Hip-Hop music recorded by artists of Latin origin.

The first bilingual ("

Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all Hip-Hop music recorded by artists of Latin origin.

The first bilingual ("Spanglish") rappers were a group from the Bronx, New York called the Mean Machine. They put out the very first bilingual rap song in 1981 on Sugarhill Records. The record was called "Disco Dream". The group members were Mr. Schick, DJ Julio, Mr. Nice, and Jimmy Mac. Nuyorican DJ and producer Tony Touch also mentions (in an interview on blackmagazine.it) the track "Spanglish" by Spanish Fly & The Terrible 2, which came out in the same year on Enjoy Records. Other early Puerto Rican rap pioneers from NY include Rubie Dee and Prince Whipper Whip of the Fantastic Five, DJ Charlie Chase of the Cold Crush Brothers, Master OC and Devastating Tito of the Fearless Four.