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Word: amenaza (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...able to persuade the Ministry of Culture to provide a turntable, drum machine, sampler and keyboard for the studio in his aging Spanish-style home in Havana. Thus equipped, he has promoted, produced or managed a dozen or so hip-hop acts, including Cuba's founding fathers of rap, Amenaza, which later reformed as Orishas. Herrera also produced the U.S.-released CD Cuban Hip-Hop All Stars Vol. 1 (Papaya Records), one of the first compilations to capture the new wave of raperos. "Cuba is one of the last places in the world where hip-hop arrived, and that actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Havana: Hidden Havana | 9/15/2001 | See Source »

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