Latin hip-hop
Latin hip-hop noun: synonym of Latin freestyle.
Noun
Latin hip-hop (uncountable)
- Synonym of Latin freestyle.
- That new sound is often called Latin hip-hop. It combines the hard beats of rap music, or “traditional” hip-hop, with the synthesizers and Latin percussion of seventies disco.1988 January 11, John Leland, “Latin hip-hop: The Beat Goes On”, in New York Magazine, page 18
- Whereas certain audience segments and critics celebrated the dawn of Latin hip-hop, there was a strong feeling of suspicion and betrayal among those who felt themselves part of an urban Afro-diasporic, Black-matrixed hip-hop culture.2001, Agustín Laó-Montes, Arlene M. Dávila, editors, Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 246
- Synonyms:
- Latin freestyle
Synonyms of Latin hip-hop
Questions about Latin hip-hop
- What does Latin hip-hop mean?
- Latin hip-hop means synonym of Latin freestyle.
- What part of speech is Latin hip-hop?
- Latin hip-hop is a noun.
Words near Latin hip-hop in the dictionary
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