The Delinquent Habits of Chicano Rappers

Date
24 February 2010
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tunify1

Delinquent Habits is the name of a Chicano hip hop group. In 1996, the group became internationally known with their single "Tres Delinquentes" selling over one million copies:

This group from Los Angeles originally consisted of 3 members (Los Tres Delinquentes), and they worked with Cypress Hill member Sen Dog and Puerto Rican rapper Hurricane G.

American hip hop group Cypress Hill was the first Latino group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums worldwide. For example, their second album  “Black Sunday” with single “Insane in the membrane” went triple platinum in the US, selling 3.25 million copies:

Chicano rap is a fusion style of hip hop music, gangsta rap and Latin which is typically performed by musicians of Mexican descent. The first widely known Chicano rap artist was Kid Frost. He had a big hit with “La Raza”, a track on his debut album “Hispanic Causing Panic” in 1990:

 

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