Chicano+Rap

=  Chicano Rap  By Azucena Vargas   = = =

Chicano rap became popular in the mid-1990's, gaining popularity in small social circles, primarily in the southwestern United States and in Chicano pockets of urban areas. “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 1993 album "Hispanic Causing Panic" driven by the hit single [|"La Raza"] brought new attention to Chicano rappers in Hip-Hop. ”

It is a way of expressing their life experiences and struggles usually here in the united states through music. In Chicano rap, there is a sense of pride of being Chicano. A Chicano is a person born in America but their parents were born in Mexico, Mexican-American. This music is usually seen as gangster music because it contains situations which maybe some of the Chicano artist once saw themselves, but that should not be all that is seen from this music. It is just a way that many Mexican-Americans have been able to express themselves and the struggles they have gone through. Although it might not seem like wise, but a few artist have very meaningful love songs just in their own style. Just like music is a gateway to expressing oneself and connecting with an audience; Chicano rappers have achieved to do so with listeners who might have gone or are going through some of the situations in the songs. Though Chicano music is more commonly listened to by Mexicans/Chicano in the United States, that is not their only fan-base, because the problems they go through aren't only theirs but they can also be anyone's.

List of Artist (linked to bios)

 * ** [|lil rob] **
 * ** [|SPM (South Park Mexican)] **
 * ** [|NB Ridez] **
 * ** Jae-P **
 * ** Ms. Krazie **[[image:MS_KRAZIE.jpg width="184" height="242"]]


 * ** Mr. Capone-e **
 * ** [|Akwid] **
 * ** [|a few more.....] **
 * ** [|More Rappers] **

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Esperanza- Jae-p

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**In my Hood- SPM**

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**You don't Understand- Lil Rob**