Chicano rap

Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop music, Latin rap and gangsta rap that embodies aspects of West Coast and Southwest Mexican American (Chicano) culture and is typically performed by American rappers and musicians of Mexican descent.

The first widely recognized Chicano rap artist was Kid Frost, whose 1990 debut album "Hispanic Causing Panic" driven by the hit single "La Raza" brought new attention to Chicano rappers in Hip Hop.

Cuban-American artist Mellow Man Ace was the first Latino artist to have a major bilingual single attached to his 1989 debut. Although Mellow Man often used Chicano slang as a result of his East Los Angeles upbringing, Kid Frost receives the credit as the first major Chicano rapper given Mellow Man was not of Mexican descent. Mellow Man, referred to as the "Godfather of Latin Rap", brought mainstream attention to Spanglish rhyming with his platinum single "Mentirosa", which was based on a riff from the song Evil Ways by Chicano Rock musician Carlos Santana.. In 1991, Kid Frost, Mellow Man, A.L.T. and several other Latin rappers formed the group Latin Alliance and released a self titled album which featured the hit "Lowrider (On the Boulevard)". In 1991, A.L.T. released the album "Another Latin Timebomb", featuring his hit remake of the song Tequila. In 1990, the Chicano hip hop group A Lighter Shade of Brown released their album Brown & Proud, which included hits "On a Sunday Afternoon" and "Latin Active". Cypress Hill, of which Mellow Man Ace was a member before going solo, is sometimes considered Chicano rap due to their use of popular Chicano slang and because they often reference Chicano culture in their music and videos, along with the fact that the lead rapper, B-Real, is of half Mexican descent. They were the first Latino rap group to reach platinum status, with Big Pun credited as the first Latino solo artist to reach platinum sales for an LP. Cypress Hill has also collaborated with another Chicano group, Psycho Realm, which is led by brothers Sick Jacken (Joaquin Gonzalez) and Big Duke (Gustavo Gonzalez). In the mid-90s, Eazy-E formed the group Brownside as a Chicano version of the rap group N.W.A..

During the 1990s, some Chicano rappers such as Kemo the Blaxican and Sinful of the Mexicanz began using influences from Mexican music in their beats and delivery, although this subgenre of music is sometimes referred to today as "Urban Regional" and not always representative of Chicano Rap. The hip hop group Akwid also combines traditional Mexican regional music with hip hop vocals.

One of the most widely recognized Chicano rappers today is Lil Rob of San Diego, whose single "Summer Nights" was considered a major crossover and received heavy rotation on radio station and video programs not directly related to Chicano rap music.

Many Chicano rappers have been heavily influenced by Mexican history, including many themes relevant to the Mexican and Chicano people living in the United States and Mexico . Chicano Rap is mainly enjoyed by hip hop listeners in the United States; and has also established a cult fan base following in Japan, although its main audience consists of Hispanics or Latinos living on the West Coast, the Southwest and the Midwest. Its ability to reach large audiences without mainstream airplay or media promotion is due largely in part to nationwide lowrider car tours and their accompanying concerts headlined by Chicano rappers. This environment allows Chicano Rap artists to earn significant incomes through independent label releases while promoting directly to a target.In the state of OREGON, Chicano rap has become a big important factor in someone's life. In the lil country of Canby, a group of Latinos started there own record label, Sancho & Yeddy Yeska created there own label called CHAMI RECORDS. Sancho was more of a singer, & Yeddy more of a rapper, But in 2008, Sancho was put behind bars for posetion of drugs. After getting out in the fall of 2009, Sancho & yeddy Yeska had disputes. They would fight about things a lot, and at the time friends & family wanted to join the label. Yeddy Yeska wasn't to satisfied & didn't want noone else to join because in his mind he felt that they wern't any good. After that Sancho felt that his job was to make music evryone loved, So he quit the group chami records. Later that week Sancho started his own record label called UNITED RECORDS, Yeddy was very unhappy so he created a diss track called F*** UNITED RECORDS. Sancho didnt feel he needed to get back at them because he did enough damage to there group after he split & after he split from Chami Records, They never released any hit tracks. But in UNITED RECORDS was different, Sancho began to get alot of props, and thought he was a good rapper & a good singer..Ever sense that Sancho has been making tracks not just for the money, But he did it because he wanted to make people's dreams come true..He has contracted 15 ARTIST who started with weak flows and know are known all over the world. Ever sense Chami Records saw that he had no match with United Records he quit and he had only contracted 2 people Mizraim Carrillo & Carlos Carrillo AKA C-los, But after smoking his brain dead from smoking to much Yeddy Yeska's group lost evrything and till this day have not made any tracks, But UNITED RECORDS keep's growing and will not stop till Sancho has completed the goel of making evryone who wants to become a rapper a rapper. a singer into a singer and he will not rest till he has completed his mission. You can check up on Chami records music that they created during there famous time at www.myspace.com/chamirecords2 & you can cheke out the progress of Sancho and the hole UNITED RECORDS crew at www.myspace.com/unitedrecords1316 untill then Sancho will always have that group that he has reunited, That's why his gruop is alled united records.

See also

• List of Chicano rappers
• Chicano rock

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External links

• Chicano Rap - Source for Chicano rap news and interviews.
• Brown Pride A collection of texts and links about Chicano rap and culture.