Cuba’s Perestroika and the Struggle to Appropriate Reggaetón
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In the early 1990s, rap became an evolving genre of music in Cuba, particularly the urbanized Havana, Cuba. Initially, Rap music was perceived as an imperialist and commercialized art form imposed upon Cuba by the United States. However, the Cuban state began to recognize the ability to reconcile revolutionary ideals with the notion of “message […]