Akwid, the Glossary
Akwid is a Chicano rap group.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: Banda music, Billboard (magazine), California, Chicano, Chicano rap, Chivas USA, Downtown Los Angeles, Hip hop music, Jiquilpan, Michoacán, La Novela, Latin Grammy Awards, Latin hip hop, Latin music, Los Angeles, Machete Music, Major League Soccer, Mexico, Michoacán, Proyecto Akwid, Reconquista (Mexico), United States, Universal Music Latin Entertainment, Univision, Univision Music Group, VH1, West Coast hip hop, Westlake, Los Angeles.
- Chicano rap
- Mexican hip hop groups
- Musical groups from Michoacán
- West Coast hip hop groups
Banda music
Banda is a subgenre of regional Mexican music and type of ensemble in which wind (mostly brass) and percussion instruments are performed.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Chicano
Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans who have a non-Anglo self-image, embracing their Mexican Native ancestry.
Chicano rap
Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop that embodies aspects of the Mexican American or Chicano culture.
Chivas USA
Chivas USA (pronounced CHEE-vahs) was an American professional football club that was based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California.
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of Los Angeles.
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Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
Jiquilpan, Michoacán
Jiquilpan (also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a Náhuatl word for "place of tint plants") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
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La Novela
La Novela is the fifth studio album by Akwid, released in March 2008.
Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry.
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Latin hip hop
Latin hip hop (also known as Latin rap) is hip hop music that is recorded by artists in the United States of Hispanic and Latino descent, along with Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, and Spain.
Latin music
Latin music (Portuguese and música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America, which encompasses Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the Latino population in Canada and the United States, as well as music that is sung in either Spanish and/or Portuguese.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Machete Music
Machete Music is an urban music label owned by Universal Music Group.
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
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Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (Purépecha: P'uɽempo), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo (Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.
Proyecto Akwid
Proyecto Akwid is the debut album of Mexican rap group Akwid, featuring Jenni Rivera & Adán "Chalino" Sánchez.
Reconquista (Mexico)
The Reconquista ("reconquest") is a term to describe an irredentist vision by different individuals, groups, and/or nations that the Southwestern United States should be politically or culturally returned to Mexico.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group, is a record company specialized in producing and distributing Latin music in Mexico, the United States, and Puerto Rico.
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Univision
Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.
Univision Music Group
Univision Music Group was a Latin music company in the United States.
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VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American Basic Cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City.
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West Coast hip hop
West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States.
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Westlake, Los Angeles
Westlake, also known as the Westlake District, is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California, United States.
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See also
Chicano rap
- 2Mex
- A Lighter Shade of Brown
- A.L.T.
- Akwid
- B-Real
- Brownside
- Chicano rap
- Darkroom Familia
- Frost (rapper)
- Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album
- Jonny Z
- Lil Rob
- List of Chicano rappers
- Proper Dos
- Psycho Realm
- Slow Pain
- Tha Mexakinz
Mexican hip hop groups
Musical groups from Michoacán
- Akwid
- Beto y sus Canarios
- La Dinastía de Tuzantla
- Las Jilguerillas
- Los Bukis
- Los Mismos
- Raza Obrera
- Transmetal (band)
West Coast hip hop groups
- ¥$
- 213 (group)
- 2nd II None
- Above the Law (group)
- Akwid
- Axe Murder Boyz
- Beautiful Eulogy
- Black Hippy
- Boom Bap Project
- C.I.A. (band)
- CPO (group)
- Criminal Nation
- Criminalz
- Cypress Hill
- Da Lench Mob
- Debaser (rap group)
- Digital Underground
- House of Pain
- Injury Reserve
- J. J. Fad
- Low Profile
- Luniz
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Mount Westmore
- N.W.A
- New Boyz
- Odd Future
- QDT
- Sa-Ra
- Shabazz Palaces
- Tha Bizness
- Tha Dogg Pound
- Tha Eastsidaz
- The Dangerous Crew
- The Pack (group)
- The Physics (music group)
- Thug Life (group)
- WC and the Maad Circle
- Westside Connection
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akwid
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