Rap, Reggaetón, and Revolution in Havana
by
Geoffrey Baker, Ronald Radano, Josh Kun
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
In Buena Vista in the Club, Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaetón. While Cuban officials initially rejected rap as “the music of the enemy,” leading figures in the hip hop scene soon convinced...