Salvadoran rap or Guanaco hip hop is a type of
rap music
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
that comes from
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
. It is a style of music that emerged from groups such as
Pescozada
Pescozada is a hip-hop group formed in Chalatenango, El Salvador. Their name means "slap" or "punch" (usually in the face) in modern Spanish. They are also well known throughout El Salvador for addressing political situation, its problems, and ...
and
Mecate in the late 1990s. Salvadoran hip hop arose about 30 years ago following a large migration of Salvadorans to
LA. Their arrival occurred during a surge in popularity of hip hop in the United States, which allowed them to participate. Salvadoran hip hop is still a smaller kind of music but it is an important part to communities and the lives of many Salvadorans.
See also
*
List of Salvadoran hip hop musicians
This is a list of hip hop musicians from El Salvador.
{{Dynamic list Rappers
* Samuel El Fugitivo
* Pescozada
* Reyes del Bajo Mundo
*Crooked Stilo
* Mecate
*T-Bone
Producers
* Omnionn
*Crooked Stilo
Crooked Stilo is a hip-hop duo formed by ...
*
Reyes del Bajo Mundo {{primarysources, date=November 2010
Reyes del Bajo Mundo ("Kings of the Under World", commonly abbreviated RDBM) is a Salvadoran hip hop group. The group was formed in 1992 and is conformed by Cruz Control and Douglas Dinamico. A third member name ...
References
{{Music in spanish
Hip hop
Latin hip hop
Hip hop by country
North American hip hop