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Latin hip-hop
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en uncommon en Latin freestyle.
en 1988-01-11 John Leland Latin hip-hop: The Beat Goes On New York Magazine 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=LeUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=%22Latin+hip-hop%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Latin%20hip-hop%22&f=false That new sound is often called Latin hip-hop. It combines the hard beats of rap music, or “traditional” hip-hop, with the synthesizers and Latin percussion of seventies disco.
en 2001 Agustín Laó-Montes; Arlene M. Dávila Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York Columbia University Press 9780231112758 246 https://books.google.com/books?id=9kqsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA246&dq=%22Latin+hip-hop%22&hl=&cd=10&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Latin%20hip-hop%22&f=false Whereas certain audience segments and critics celebrated the dawn of Latin hip-hop, there was a strong feeling of suspicion and betrayal among those who felt themselves part of an urban Afro-diasporic, Black-matrixed hip-hop culture.
en Musical genres