The Latin Breakdown: Hip Hop’s Latino Connection (Documentary)
The Latin Breakdown: Hip-Hop’s Latino Connection” takes you on a sonic journey from Western Africa to the Caribbean.
Starting with Puerto Rico’s “Bomba” in the 1500s and the Afro-Cuban jazz influence in NYC’s tango cafés of the 1910s, the film explores the birth of Latin Jazz, Latin Funk, Nuyorican Soul, Bugalú, and the rise of Fania Records. It highlights how Afro-Caribbean rhythms shaped American genres like Funk, Soul, Disco, and early Rap.
The documentary focuses on how instruments like the conga, timbales, bongos, and clave became essential to the park jams in the South Bronx, driving B-Boy culture at spots like PS 129 and St. Martin of Tours. These Latin-infused grooves are what made the Breakers break—and still do today.
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