Cuban Rap : ALAMAR East Havana
The Cuban Hip Hop

ALAMAR ( East Havana - Havana del Este)
Home of the CUBAN RAP and HIP HOP scene.

The vibrant Cuba Rap and Hip Hop movement found his roots in the economic crisis that followed the collapse of Cuba's ally, the former Soviet Union. This period known in Cuba as the " Special Period" led to poverty and growing social difference between Cubans.

In ALAMAR , a town of more than 250,000 inhabitants 20 km east of Central Havana, many of the Rap groups were formed , names like Papa Humbertico, and the group Orishas ( the Gods) are well known on the Cuba Rap scene. The Rap Movement and their songs became rapidly popular among the Cuban youth, who could identify themselves with the rap lyrics full of frustration, police repression and lack of economic well being. Each year in August the Cuba Rap Festival is held in Alamar Havana del Este (East Havana)

HABANA HIP HOP FESTIVAL AND CUBA RAP

HAVANA RAP AND HIP HOP VIDEO GALLERY

First Rap Festival in ALAMAR East Havana in 1995	Cuba Rap - Raperos Cubanos	Pictures of the Cuba Rap Scene

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