Mexican Rap

Mexican rap refers to a rap and hip hop movement started in Mexico in the early 90's with dance-pop act Calo?. This group comprised 1 MC and 4 dancers/chorists who rhymed, sang and danced over pop-house music style instrumentals.

The Underground scene then spread throughout Mexico, with Latin Rap influences such as Kid Frost and Mellow Man Ace. Later the movement was invigorated by the influence of US-Latin acts such as [Tha Mexakinz]?, Cypress Hill and [Delinquent Habitz]?.

The popularity of these US-based acts, Cypress Hill in particular, led to the emergence in the mid-90's of crossover (rap-rock) acts such as [Control Machete]? and Molotov?.

More than 10 years after appearance of the first rap-like act, the Mexican scene remains to the mainstream an almost undiscovered (yet emerging), large and well-distributed underground movement.

Some Mexican underground groups, categorized by geographical regions:

North-West Region:
(OMW Familia member) Yostailingo
(OMW Familia member) OMW (the group)
(OMW Familia member) [362 Rappaz]?
(OMW Familia member) [Atake FDD]?
(OMW Familia member) (mc-producer) Drez?
(OMW Familia member) [Obson Clan]?
(OMW Familia member) (mc) [Tavo Ice]?
(OMW Familia member) 4DP?
(OMW Familia member) HMO?
(OMW Familia member) [Santos Y La Mata]?
(OMW Familia member) [Skuadron de Atake]?
(OMW Familia member) (mc) Luistyle?
Dilettantes?
(mc) Rojo?
[DJ ice]?
[Cool Man]?
[El Elote]?
[Los Vandalos]?

North Region:
[Artilleria Pesada]?
[Caballeros del Plan G]?
Secreto?
Risa?
[Ache Muda]?
(mc)Wordo
Underperros?
[Rango Bajo]?
[Gente Loca]?
[Mexcal Intravenoso]?

Central and South Region:
[sabotaje mexica]?
[petate funky]?
[kartel aztlan]?
[mc luka]?
[(mc) snow]?
[crimen urbano]?
[asesinos lirikoz]?
mikrophunk?
padre anderson
[lethal funky]?
[la otra escoria]?