A Latino History of Hip-Hop, Part I: NOW on LatinoUSA.org 

The guest acting like the created hip hop. When they learned from black Americans

The episode is short because their involvement is even shorter. Latinos did not create HipHop period. Stop with the lies.

American music forms: Spirituals, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, Folk, Rock n Roll, Doo-Wop, Soul, Funk, Disco, Punk, House and of course Rap and Hip Hop---all enjoy well documented African American roots coupled with undeniable Black American influence---whether directly or indirectly.. Latinos -- Puerto Ricans particularly -- please explain how you co-created or co-invented yet another installment in the legacy of Black Musical expression known as Rap and Hip Hop, yet didn't co-create or co-invent any of the elements of the 14 or so African American music forms that preceeded it? Or why you were nowhere to be found and absent during the creative and inventive foundation outlining the forms of African American musical expression, brilliance and greatness throughout, or even prior to the previous 14 or so African American music forms that are mentioned above. Yet then, all of a sudden--out of nowhere, you folks come along and falsely claim latinos and/or puerto ricans co-created and co-invented Rap and Hip Hop 50/50 half n half (which is the evidence-free and utter nonsense being peddled by Dr. Derrick Colon, radical latino, Fat Joe and numerous other un-informed and envious latinos---claims latinos never mentioned, verbalized or asserted during its inception in the early 1970's)---latinos claims of "50/50--half & half co-creation and co-invention just don't add up---it makes no sense and are increasingly coming under heavy scrutiny which is leading to these claims being easily debunked--widespread. Nice try though latinos and puerto ricans. Make it make sense Latinos

Thats DOPE DUDE!!!! LIKE V.I.P.KUSH LOSANGELES PURA RAZA PURO SOUL!!

Latin music has no influence in Hip Hop, it came from jazz, blues, and gospel music. WHy are you guys lying?

Hey if you want to talk about "Latinos " for Latinoamerica in Hip Hop we must include not only Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Dominicans from New York but from other States such as California, Florida or Texas and what about Mexicans and Chicanos they had been living in USA before Hip Hop was created and they have taken part of this movement. On the other hand as a homage I want to pay, here is my list of the main exponents (no matter the place where they come from, if it misses someone let us know in the comments). ¡¡¡Y ARRIBA LOS LATINOS CABRONES!!!!!! -Dj Disco Wiz (the first Latino Hip Hop DJ) -Tony Touch -Hurricane G -Terror Squad -Fat Joe -Big Pun -Triple Seis -Cuban Linx -Chino XL -Angie Martinez -The Arsonists -The Beatnuts -N.O.R.E. -Pittbull -Benzino -Immortal Technique -Cypress Hill -Psycho Realm -Delinquent Habits -Funkdoobiest -Lighter Shades of Brown -The Mexakingz -Mellow Man Ace -Kid Frost -Gerardo -Mc Magic -Chingo Bling -Lil Rob -Brownside -Proper Dos -Mr. Capone E -Down a.k.a. Kilo -Baby Bash -Red Cloud (now Ill Máscaras)

This is not your music 😂

KRS even said latinos were foundational to hip hop. Tired of corporate America making people into stans for a false narrative.

I'm guessing people outside of NY are probably unaware of how large the Latino contribution is to hip hop. New Yorkers know or if they don't they should be ashamed! Myself being black (west indian) and growing up in the Bronx I've got fond memories freestyling and breaking with my Puerto Rican & Dominican friends. This is one of my favorite Latino USA episodes btw. Nice work guys special shout out to Daisy Rosario for a bang up job!

Puerto Ricans*

First off all, let's get this straight Hip-hop is and will always be FBA/ADOS culture it's their music and their music alone, everyone else is a culture vulture to hip-hop

LATIN soul?!!! LATINVfunk???!! Maaaaaan what lol

They were influenced by the Movement doesn't mean they created it.

Damn that was a short video..lol

I guess by Hispanic they mean Mestizo or Pardo

"Black people cant be racist" This comment section:

latinos did play apart in hiphop culture ...im black i was there

Yall didn't even like us or our Black Culture. Why lie?

Before rap, I think people forget about people like "The Ghetto Brothers" mainly Yellow Benji for his role on trying to bring the Bronx community together with music with his band and having block parties etc. to bring latinos and blacks together and stop the gang fighting and having a good message within the music. Especially after the boiling point after Black Benji got killed for trying to stop a gang fight. It was different events that happened within the community to get to where it got. That's also part of why early rap had good and empowering messages within the lyrics. Hiphop culture is more than just rap n all that. At least it used to be. That's also why you hear people from NY saying how it was the community of ricans and blacks that created it or was responsible for things that led up to it. When it comes to breaking, from what I know. Blacks started it with going to the floor, then when ricans got involved, that's when backspins, windmills and all that acrobatic stuff came into it because the ricans are the ones that invented those moves to be part of the dance. Before ricans, no one was even doing backspins, let alone all that other stuff. And oddly enough, it was the flair ricans added to breaking which got the medias attention to the culture. So it's not a stretch to say ricans are the reason hiphop became popular or even known outside of the Bronx because of the moves they created for the dance. When you go back to hiphop being presented by the media what did people see? Ricans doing windmills and all that. Even the toprock has salsa style to it. And that's foundation. It's whatever, though. People somehow think that people started rapping, the media played rap on the radio and hiphop took off from there.

Puerto Rican get it right🇵🇷

No doubt, the NuyuRicans dominated Breakdancing by taking it to another level.

First of all what is LATINO and where did this term come from? The first so called Latinos in the arts of Hip Hop where Puerto Rican. In the early 70's I never heard of Dominicans, Cubans or any other ethnic groups other than PRicans. This Documentary should be called Ricans in Hip Hop.

Latino? What's a Latino? A Nigga with African Roots who was forced to speak Portuguese Or Spanish instead of English. #ThatsIt Hip Hop origins are Africa, Africans, and the the African Struggle. AKA: Afro Latino, Afro Hispanic, Black Latino, Black Hispanic. But the key is Black. Hip Hop worked because it was music based on Unity.... Trying to split people into Language Ethnicity is anti Unity. Hip Hop is Hip Hop and everyone who was in Hip Hop was Hip Hop, not Race, Sex, Nationality of Language. Stop this bullshit division.

Latin slang

lo que pasa es que los boricuas eran 90% de latinos en el Bronx y del 1970 en adelante fueron los que estubieron relebancia en el hip hop y los que hicieron grandes aportaciones al hip hop. habian hasta chinos pero no aportaron despues de los boricuas fueron los cubanos que hisieron algunos aportes despues de los 1980

Why is everyone talking about and arguing about the "Creation" of HipHop, when the video is about the "Influence" Latinos had on it? A Latino or Latin American is any ethnicity that speaks Spanish, which is of Latin and European origin, not American. Some of the ships coming from Africa never made it to the mainland and ended up in the Caribbean and Islands in the Atlantic and gulf of Mexico as well as the Pacific Islands. At the time the Spanish conquerors had already taken over these territories in which they landed, except for the Pacific. So therefore they had to adapt and start speaking Spanish. Then naturally the Africans started to integrate with the natives of those areas, and so with 500 years of interracial reproduction, you get the different skin tones we now see in modern day. None of the Native Americans spoke Spanish until the Conquistadors came over 500 years ago and forced it upon them. Mainly in Mexico, central and south America, as well as the Islands and Caribbean. So I hope this clears things up for some of you who are confused about what a Latino is. And as for HipHop the Art and Culture. I've sat down and talked to some of the Pioneers, including Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz, Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Prince Whipper Whip, and KRS-One. Not one of them ever talked about HipHop being created by any race, but rather by the People. Which included Black's, Latino's, and yes even White's as well as Asian and more. So remember, "We" are HipHop. They said it was never about your race or religion or what part of the world you cam from. It was all about SKILLS! What do you do? How do you express yourself? What are you dope at? What do you bring to the table? How can you contribute? What is the character of your content? What "Element" can you bring to the culture and art? These are things you should ask yourself if you consider yourself a Hiphoppa. "Hip means to know, it's a form of intelligence To be hip is to be update and relevant Hop is a form of movement You can't just observe a hop, you gotta hop up and do it Hip and hop is more than music Hip is the knowledge, hop is the movement Hip and Hop is intelligent movement Or relevant movement we sellin? the music So write this down on your black books and journals Hip hop culture is eternal Run and tell all your friends An ancient civilization has bee born again, it's a fact" HipHop Lives - KRS-One and Marley Marl Peace y'all! 😎✌️🤟🙏

lies.ricans picked up breakdancing after it got old to its creators black americans

Why would anyone thumbs down this? People are weird.

taco eatters again

The blacks say we had nothing to fo with hip hop lmso