Hip Hop Dance Hall and New Diasporic Affiliations
This person is an artist that makes songs against discrimination against rappers in Puerto Rico. He is important in the critique of the divisions between casserio residents and the rest of Puerto Rico.
Who is Eddie Dee?
What did Hip-hop mean for many Nuyoricans?
It created Diaspora links with other African Diaspora populations in NY at the time.
What is dancehall’s connection to Reggaeton? What are their similarities?
They both chronicled the social conditions and marginalization facing black urban communities in ways that conflicted with the dominant Jamaican identity. Transnational migration is also plays a huge role in both types of music. Both represented national pride or pride of the ghettos and blackness.
Music that has not made it to mainstream.
What is underground?
What is Puerto Rico’s connection to the African diaspora, and how does this connection affect the way Puerto Rico’s identity is viewed?
Urban blackness is part of the symbolic underground of racial democracy. First situating contemporary Puerto Rico within the larger African Diaspora rejects the assumptions that historic and static "Africa" symbolized by folkloric blackness comprises the only type of black identity compatible with the Puerto Rican nation.
Why did people associate rappers with the problems of Puerto Rican societies?
They associate rap with blackness, and they associated blackness with negative stereotypes.
What conditions was the genre Reggaeton associated with
-immigration
-poverty
Why can the term underground be problematic?
It connotes a space that exists outside of mainstream. It asserts urban blackness, opposite of whitened puerto rican idea, and it is not as popular or seen as important.
What were Edwin’s Reyes critiques of rap in Puerto Rico?
Rap is associated with drugs, subculture, and gang street violence, and it is not Puerto Rican.
What are the qualities of mainstream rap vs underground rap in Puerto Rico?
mainstream rap- whitewashed, Eurocentric ideals
underground- non conforming, blackness, real world struggles
This person is often described as a rapper rather than a reggaetonero, and is associated with the underground.
Who is Vico C?
What are Casserios? What are they associated with? How were they perceived?
Casserios are low-income, urban, ghettos in Puerto Rico. They are the main centers of criminal activity. They are affiliated with urban blackness marked by violence, delinquency, and inappropriate and dangerous behavior. The people and culture tend to be isolated from the island.