Mexican rap/hip hop started in the nearly 90's with dance-pop act Calo?, a group of 1 MC and 4 dancers/chorists. They rhymed, singed and danced over pop-house music style instrumentals. |
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 was also born all over the country, with Latin Rap influences such as Kid Frost and Mellow Man Ace and later renewed with US-Latin acts like [Tha Mexakinz]?, Cypress Hill and [Delinquent Habitz]?. |
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 Cypress Hill, led crossover (rap-rock) acts emerge in groups like [Control Machete]? and Molotov? in the mid-90's. |
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 the first rap-like act, the mexican scene remains almost undiscovered, but emerging as a big, well-distributed, underground movement. |
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 undergroung groups, categorized by geographical regions: |
Some Mexican underground groups, categorized by geographical regions: |