Editing Chicano (section)

==== Chicano rap ====
{{Main|Chicano rap}}
[[File:Kid-Frost.jpg|thumb|232x232px|[[Frost (rapper)|Kid Frost]] (2008)]]
[[Hip hop]] culture, which is cited as having formed in the 1980s street culture of [[African Americans|African American]], [[West Indian]] (especially [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]]), and [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]] New York City [[The Bronx|Bronx]] youth and characterized by [[DJing]], [[rap music]], [[Graffiti in New York City|graffiti]], and [[breakdancing]], was adopted by many Chicano youth by the 1980s as its influence moved westward across the United States.<ref name="Tatum-2017">{{Cite book|last=Tatum|first=Charles M.|title=Chicano Popular Culture, Second Edition: Que Hable el Pueblo|publisher=University of Arizona Press|year=2017|isbn=9780816536528|pages=74–75}}</ref> Chicano artists were beginning to develop their own style of hip hop. Rappers such as [[Ice-T]] and [[Eazy-E]] shared their music and commercial insights with Chicano rappers in the late 1980s. Chicano rapper [[Frost (rapper)|Kid Frost]], who is often cited as "the godfather of Chicano rap" was highly influenced by Ice-T and was even cited as his protégé.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tatum|first=Charles M.|title=Lowriders in Chicano Culture: From Low to Slow to Show|url=https://archive.org/details/lowriderschicano00tatu|url-access=limited|publisher=Greenwood|year=2011|isbn=9780313381492|page=[https://archive.org/details/lowriderschicano00tatu/page/n142 128]}}</ref>[[File:Proper Dos Conejo Serio dont hate me because im Mexican.jpg|thumb|232x232px|Frank V. of [[Proper Dos]] & [[Conejo (rapper)|Conejo]] & Serio in 2012]] [[Chicano rap]] is a unique style of [[hip hop music]] which started with Kid Frost, who saw some mainstream exposure in the early 1990s. While [[Mellow Man Ace]] was the first mainstream rapper to use [[Spanglish]], Frost's song "La Raza" paved the way for its use in [[American hip hop]]. Chicano rap tends to discuss themes of importance to young urban Chicanos. Some of the most prominent Chicano artists include [[A.L.T.]], [[Lil Rob]], [[Psycho Realm]], [[Baby Bash]], Serio, [[Proper Dos]], [[Conejo (rapper)|Conejo]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-06 |title=Rapper Conejo extradited from Mexico on murder charges after 14 years on the lam |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/rapper-conejo-extradited-from-mexico-on-murder-charges-after-14-years-on-the-lam |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> [[A Lighter Shade of Brown]], and [[Funky Aztecs]]. Chicano rap artists with less mainstream exposure, yet with popular underground followings include Cali Life Style, Ese 40'z, Sleepy Loka, Ms. Sancha, Mac Rockelle, Sir Dyno.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Alba |first=Alicia Gasper De |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wbAYDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22cali+life+style%22&pg=PA109 |title=Velvet Barrios: Popular Culture and Chicana/o Sexualities |date=2016|publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137042699 |page=109 |language=en}}</ref>

Chicano [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] artists include [[Paula DeAnda]], [[Amanda Perez]], [[Frankie J]], and Victor Ivan Santos (early member of the [[Kumbia Kings]] and associated with Baby Bash).