Lord Jamar Challenges KRS-One’s Claim That Puerto Ricans Helped Create Hip-Hop: ‘He’s Wrong’

Lord Jamar is citing the “DNA” of Hip-Hop in his rebuttal to KRS-One‘s claim that Puerto Ricans contributed significantly to its creation. The Brand Nubian MC‘s retort was in response to The Teacha literally teaching a room of rap lovers about the origins of the culture, taking issue with those who’ve minimized the role of Latinos in its development. “Today, people want to downplay the Latino role in Hip-Hop,” he began within the now-viral clip. “They are so stupid. Hip hop cannot— would not have existed without specifically Puerto Ricans … specifically. Cubans were here, Haitians were here, Dominican Republic was here, everybody was here. All of South America been in the Bronx, okay? “But Puerto Ricans in particular sided with the Black folk here, and the Jamaicans were coming in as well, and this group of Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans and American Blacks made Hip-Hop — not American Blacks, not Puerto Ricans, not Jamaicans; all of them made the culture.” Hip Hop was created by Caribbean/West Indian people who migrated to America (Puerto Ricans & Jamaicans for the most part) and Black Americans in the Bronx ??‍ pic.twitter.com/XodMMDPLCx — BRONX BAD BOYS (@_DosFlakos) June 17, 2024 Days after the video...