Blacks invented hip hop and the puerto ricans came in later once the party's started to hit the streets. Puerto Ricans contributed and added on especially in Bboyin/Rockin (Breakdancing). It's funny how they claim they claim to be there from the beginning when most of them didn't associate with Black people at all.

As a Latino from New York I gotta admit that yes other cultures have added their own flavor to the hip hop culture it’s that New York is a melting pot … but we can’t claim to have invented this culture this is definitely a black art form now salsa and merengue is a different story . We invented those rhythms and culture but not hip hop let’s keep it real

WE, FOUNDATIONAL BLACK AMERICANS created Hip Hop. We have numerous receipts! TETHERS STOP THE BULLSHIT

Black Americans invented Hip Hop it's to many recipes to say other wise

That Mexican rapper who says he would never sigh to a black executive or black own label while he is a culture vulture imitating everything we do we should have these guesses pay monthly rent to hip hop to the culture…..

Even legendary Puerto Rican Dj Charlie Chase from the Cold Crush Brothers said other Latinos use to dis him for being down with hip hop (they'd call it a derogatory word)......and this interview is on video. Charlie Chase was from back in the 70's, so he'd know. So it's a complete exaggeration that Latinos were a part of hip hop from the beginning.

James Brown is hip hop....

*I don't believe in that "Guest in the house of hip hop stuff". But in the 60s and the early 70s, Puerto Ricans and African Americans weren't down with each other like that. People are now trying to romanticize NYC history and make it seem like it was one big melting pot*

This statement is true " Puerto Rican in the bronx at the time would say we got our own latin thing "!

So let me ask yall a question, when "them" puerto ricans were messing with the bongos timbales congas across the street, where did that music come from? What music was salsa inspired from? From white people? Skin covered drums were passed from west african ancenstry used in salsa and in and especially bomba music, this music was always a way to resist anti african sentiment from the spaniards and to this day the african spirit of africa is always present in puerto rican culture with its music, food, and even in the language with words only someone local would understand. My grandma was born and raised in puerto rico in the early 30's, she never even knew that in the USA whites and blacks went to segregated schools because all that crap never existed in PR. Light skinned down to the darkest person in PR all live in the same neighborhoods and we are all mixed in the same family and all one people, color makes no damm diffirence. Has there ever been racism? Absolutely and it goes both ways and it stems from stupid ass conversations like this one that are only meant to seperate and not celebrate the reality from people who were not even there! Hip hop was born in 70's in the bronx, and if you think puerto ricans weren't there and didnt feel that rythym down to their bones, than yall straight ignorant and hating like a mf. You cant erase history just because all the white people wanna live and buy up the damn block now in 21st century. At the same time how is a 15 year old black kid from Los angeles, alabama or anywhere down south supposed to know latinos were there in the 70's hip hoppin?? Puerto Ricans dont have deep roots in the south and west like in NY, so alot of black americans people cant identify with puerto ricans but what can we expect especially from this newest generation. To all beautiful black American people who are extremely proud that from all the difficulties and misfortunes of the hood, was born the best type of music (HIP HOP), thank you for it all but latinos were always there and still here 150%. And to anyone looking from the outside in, get over it.

As a Puerto Rican from Puerto Rico! The fact that the “1st rapper in the world” was best friends with A Puerto Rican DJ, speaks more than opinions!!

I brought my 12 inch "Rappers Delight", "Cold Crushin Lover", and "Love Rap" to my 6th grade class. Teacher allowed us to push the desks against the wall, blast the music (well, on school phonograph) and DANCE. We kept playing Rappers Delight because everyone would sing along as they knew the words. However, when I put on Spoonie G's "Love Rap" the kids got quiet and stopped dancing. Spoonie G was too advanced at the time for most 6th graders... I brought a record by "Lady B" as well, which wasn't that great. After a while, the Principal of the school told my teacher to shut down the party, put the desks back in place, and get back to 6th grade work... I'm an American Puerto Rican. Born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan... But my EARLIEST memory of hip-hop is when...

Everytime they lies get debunked they just moved the goalpost 🤣

I have to agree because I am a baby boomer who was a teenager in west bronx nyc back 1970s.

To all Black peoples out there the term Morenos used by Puerto Riccans and Dominicans is NOT a negative term., look up the translation for yourself

I love how he said that - lord jamar is a descendant by birthright . For those Africans that don’t see black Americans as African- we are descendants ! It is our natural birthright whether we been there or not . Period

Vlad tried To stop him with that question he articulate it exactly why and how jamar is a Descendent of hip-hop

Protect our culture at all costs!! The vultures are circling!!

He just changed his definition to make lord jamar not a guest.

Hip-hop belongs to blacks period! The rest of us must respect & acknowledge this..

BreakDancing & Grafitti is Part of Hip-Hop

The first rapper admits his best friend was latino and was with him. Right……….

So he clearly just said Blacks created the DJing side but Latino’s created the breaking element. Am I wrong?

So, there was a Puerto Rican there with you building hip hop but .... is always the racist card! look man reality is Puerto Ricans lost their home got robbed of our industries in the island and got forced to be in the places white people pushed us to ... right next to black african and in all reality we as Puerto Ricans have all the soul and customs from our roots because Puerto Rico is the first USA with out the prosperity we mixed because our island got influences from everywhere and has been subjogated since then till now and going to tomorrow. so when you speak about a Puerto Rican yes we are Boricuas Brave Warriors that battle ....

how is Grandmaster Caz the worlds first rapper when Coke La Rock is still alive?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Vlad you need to do some history, fam..

But dj disco wiz is not a guest, his Puerto Rican. His a pioneer in the same era as you.

Respect to GM Caz but didn't he contradict himself? If he's credited with being the 1st rapper and his DJ was Puerto Rican, then PR's were there from the beginning, right?! Also, his definiton of being a 'guest' had holes in it so much that Vlad's question was valid based on GM Caz's logic. It's ok for everyone to say that NYC/Bronx "Blacks" and Latinos established Hip-Hop and that Caucasians were "guests" initially and over time established a respectable place for themselves: Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass, House of Pain, Non-Phixion, Cage, Necro, Remedy, Eminem, etc. It's an American art form.

That’s it and that’s all!

What Grandmaster Caz is saying is that Lord Jamar is a guest in HipHop.. i mean he wasnt there from the start. Right.

Grand master Caz is not the first rapper 🧐

Hip Hop is Foundational Black American culture! Everybody else respect it or stay out of it!

Blacks and Latinos didn't start Hip Hop together but they did develop it together. All of the elements that make up Hip Hop culture were started by Black-Americans and some Caribbean Blacks. Puerto Ricans and other Latinos did play a role in the development and popularity of Hip Hop. The first Breakers from NYC and the first Lockers, Poppers and Strutters from California were Black-Americans. The first known graffiti artist was a guy named Cornbread from Philadelphia. A Black-American. The first rappers were Black-Americans. The first Hip Hop Dj was Kool Herc a Jamaican.

I've seen blacks praise AL Hartford claiming him with pride and than switch faces after finding out " oh wait...he's latino". So now NBA player AL Harford is not black anymore?? Is it skin color that dictates and or culture? The average African American is confused about what Black really is.

He just said yes. I don’t know if you heard it he said not that much maybe 1 or 2 that’s still part of it considering it was not very big back then. So there it is straight from his mouth.

DJ Kool Herc, is Jamaican! And that whole building at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in 70’s to 90’s and probably now (I joined the Army on Fordham rd) was and is Multi Ethnic! Hip hop was Predominant “Black” but always elements of other cultures!

Grandmaster Caz is not the first rapper. Some of the first rappers were FBA brothers from the early 1900’s. He may be one of the first recognized though in what became hip hop in the 70’s.

So eloquently put good brother

Good take until he refused to back it up and say that LJ falls into the category 😂

He needs to look at the Lost Disciples late 60s. Latinos were there with us at the beginning.

When Vlad asked him if Lord Jamar would be Auga guest in hip hop since he came later tells you how they feel about our culture that we have no right to it. We don't even inherit it. It belongs to everyone else.

He just said his first DJ was Puerto Rican and Cuban

Man they been rhyming words since little Richard did tooty fruity… just different beats and cadence

he said latinos didnt blah blah then a literal second later said his first DJ was Puerto Rican. Cause go back and look at who was around in the south bronx back in 75 yo. alot of the brothers, maybe Cas dont know this, alot of the brothers, as he says children of slaves, were afro latino. at the parties, on the mic, on the turntables, fn with the light poles, sitting on top of the fence. a whole bunch of Ricans and afro latinos. but whatever, nobody losing sleep over this bullsht anymore

Anyone outside of the Bronx and NYC ya guest to the wave don’t get it twisted

Now you have to have slave lineage to be part of Hip Hop haaaaaa... If so, then from Africa, the Caribbean, South America and others are part of Hip Hop. As if slaves only existed in the USA. In case you missed out on history class, slavery in America began in the Caribbean. These guys and my respect for them, don't understand that HH started with peace in the streets of NY. If the word union and peace in the HH culture had no meaning.

Guest, in our culture we go all out for our Guests, make sure they’re comfortable, fed, feel like they’re at home

Wait he just contradicted himself though. He said blacks and Latinos didn’t hang and then gave and example of his close Latino friend…bruh he said your a guest if you’re not from that era but then contradicts himself again with lord Jamar. Come on yall this was some BS just like BAmbaataa was some bs you can’t leave it up to imperfect humans to tell the story. Look at the pictures, look what was happening in the Bronx…

It's insane how black people aren't allowed to have anything for themselves, Caribbeans in the Bronx started hip hop - Jamaicans specifically, they were rhyming over beats before anyone. And the "latinos" that played a role early on were black latinos anyway.

Let’s ask what KRS- ONE says about PR and hip hop

Hip hop is dead, officially cause when you can’t tell the truth without worrying about losing money, or being hated, you’re in a messed up situation Im not contributing to something foul like hip hop is, now Im just calling my future stuff “Blk American music” or just “Funk” since funk is what we sampled to make rap songs, anyway!

Actually, Caz replied on "radical Latino" channel correcting what he said here on this interview which discredited all the coloborative efforts.

Puerto Ricans have NOTHING to do with hip hop! Don't you put that evil on us Ricky Bobby! 😂

You know how when you were a kid and your Mom bought 1 toy for you and your sibling. She said it belongs to both of you, but then one got selfish and said , it's mine only. Well that's how you look trying to hide the fact. Dig deep and do your research. No replies please. Don't @ me. I don't argue with keyboard warriors.

Check out The Star Report community post dealing wit this subject

Foundational Black American ✊🏾🇺🇸. Hip hop Documentary.. " Microphone Check"

This video is actually incredible. W for Vlad here. Caz articulated the entire Fba position before the movement even existed. His candidness in this interview is very telling. Hip Hop is in the genes...

American music forms: Spirituals, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, Folk, Rock n Roll, Doo-Wop, Soul, Funk, Disco, Punk, House and of course Rap and Hip Hop---all enjoy well documented Black American roots coupled with undeniable Black American influence---whether directly or indirectly.. Latinos -- puerto ricans particularly -- explain how you co-created or co-invented yet another installment in the legacy of Black Musical expression known as Rap and Hip Hop, yet didn't co-create or co-invent any of the elements of the 14 or so African American music forms that preceeded it? Or why you were nowhere to be found and absent during the creative and inventive foundation outlining the forms of Black American musical expression, brilliance and greatness throughout, or even prior to the previous 14 or so Black American music forms that are mentioned above. Yet then, all of a sudden--out of nowhere, you folks come along and falsely claim latinos and/or puerto ricans co-created and co-invented Rap and Hip Hop 50/50 half n half (which is the evidence-free and utter nonsense being peddled by derrick colon, radical latino, fat joe and numerous other un-informed and envious latinos---claims latinos never mentioned, verbalized or asserted during its inception in the early 1970's)---latinos claims of "50/50--half & half co-creation and co-invention just don't add up---it makes no sense and are increasingly coming under heavy scrutiny which is leading to these claims being easily debunked--as it should've been. Moreover, the heavy hateful and many times racist criticism directed at the Black American youngsters, by the racist white media over having created Rap and Hip Hop, latinos -- particularly puerto ricans -- and jamaicans NEVER came forward to denounce the vicious onslaught, yet 50 years later they want to take credit for this FBA art form that they didn't create..

Somebody need to tell swifty blue

Puerto Ricans are NOT guests were residents, we may not have created it but we PAID RENT!!😅😂❤...PEACE n SALUTE CAZ D

From an interview with JOJO an early member of the Rock Steady Crew. This deals with Breaking. SIR NORIN RAD:"That's very interesting! You were featured in that documentary "The Freshest Kids" and you stated there something to the effect that you were actually already B-Boying when there were hardly any Puerto Ricans around doing that dance...." JOJO:"That's exactly what I'm meaning. What I'm telling you now that's what I meant when I said that. We were the only Puerto Ricans that got busy. Now DJ Kool Tee and DJ Mr. Lee (early DJs from the West Bronx) used to give us our respect and say, "Check out the Puerto Rican B-Boys in the house! B-Boy Spiderman and B-Boy Spiderweb!" And we got busy and that was way back. Back then there were a lot of Zulu B-Boys around. They sorta ran it back then. As for the Puerto Rican B-Boys we were just up and coming. You know, we were people who wanted to learn it and got good at it 'cause, you know, they say Puerto Ricans actually put B-Boys on their back. We're the ones that started the backspinning and all these kind of moves. As far as the footwork and the flip turns that they did....that came from the Black B-Boys." Interview with B-Boy Jojo (The Rock Steady Crew)

caz the first rapper??? since when?

You know what's funny DJ Kool Herc is credited on starting hip hop and he's a Jamaica immigrant. So is hip hop Jamaican 😂. Prior to the sugar hill gang hip hop didn't have a name.

he just said his first DJ was Puerto Rican and Cuban. They will eat each other every day. They dress alike and everything but now Puerto Ricans an Cubans are not involved

Black Americans we need to start gatekeeping our culture….remember we determine what’s cool and what’s not….Us, they are not like. 💪🏿🇺🇸🙏🏿

Arthur Backer (Tommy Boy/ Streetwise records) is 1,000 % hip hop and hes white and without Arthur Africaa Bambattaa would have no planet Rock, renegades of funk and looking for the perfect beat. Oh wait i forgot Arthur Backer learned the 808 from the Japanes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

He said a couple of Latinos, so yes Latinos in fact helped build the house, period. Caz just didn’t want to make Jamar look bad. ☮️

Sooner or later they gonna say Blondie started hip-hop

At the end of the day African-American started rap & hip hop. I'm sick of other people trying to get on the bandwagon. (They not like us) K. Dot

Back in the day ....after Rappers Delight and Supa Rhymes came out me and my Brother were the only ones from our cousins that fucked with hip hop....the rest Freestyle, Salsa, Merengue...and theyd clown us so Caz is speaking truthfully....im 57 yrs old btw and have been loyal since....1976

There where more than 2 the Puerto Rican poets influenced rap

Caz is NOT the 1st rapper. That's Coke LaRock

I love how he ended the interview.

(DOS/Black Americans/Israelites) created hip-hop/rap music 🎶 plain and simple...

Who is the person that made up the word "hiphop" and the 5 elements? Just curious

Wait. Is Lord Jamar NOT black???

Yes u are a guess in our house 🏡 period see few blacks are gonna keep it 💯 but hey it is what it is💯

THANK YOU MR.GMC legendary Captain of the Cold Crushing Mother Fucking Tuff A$$ 4 MC'S. If you know YOU KNOW!

Are africans guests in soccer?

That title is misleading. Caz wouldn't even say that.

What I told you they was guest to the culture just like house music back in the early 80s those other races was guest

Bunch of Caribbean dudes helped with inception of hip hop. He just said it but then says no WTH 🤣

I wonder what Fat Joe thinks about all this now

In the thumbnail, for a sec, i thought Vlad interviewed Beetle Juice from Howard Stern.

Surprised they still acknowledge Jamar. Maybe this is a peace offering to get him back on. And if hip hop is a birthright then Ben Carson can put out another rap song for his next campaign.

Puerto ricans were the original slaves in the new world...just ask all the afro latinos that make up the majority of the south BX since the 50's...why do u think they all lived together

I guess they were no black people who didn't like Puerto Ricans 🤷 I mean cmon

It's our ish so eff anyone who disagree 💯

1 or 2 well take it....latinos helped create Hip Hop 💯

If decendants of slaves is what makes you part of hip hop, there were African Slaves in Puerto Rico and DR WAY before they arrived in the US. Sooooo..............

Lord jamar is a guest the fact that he used slavery dont got shit to do with, that logic was wrong, that mean jay-z created roc nation now all black people are part and benefit from roc nation i think not...

He talkin bout immigrants...native Newyoricans were always in those circles. Cas just said his DJ partner was down with him from day one...

Some of you guys are being ignorant, Black and Puerto Rican neighborhoods have been around in New York since the 50's. Look up "The Young Lords", they became tight with the Black Panthers back in the 60's and would do protest together against racism in the city of New York. To say that Ricans weren't there in the 70's is straight out bullshit. They are a part of Hip Hop.

2:45 🇵🇷 put the salsa Goya n hiphop. Before it sounded more like techno.we brought back the conga. Check out what bomba & plena is. Learn something

He said Latinos weren't directly involved in hip-hop that much.... what does that mean? I wish they would've asked when his best friend, his Latino DJ became a DJ since he's the first rapper? Was he a DJ before he started rapping? 🤔

God created race men & women, instraments, music, all in all God owns & is a creator of Everything!

Lord Jamar descends from free blacks, not slaves. pretty sure i heard him say that.

Someone tag Fat Joe !!!!

Pongas and Timbales 🤣🤣🤣🤣 why Vlad start laughing like that lol

Coke La Rock is the 1st MC/Rapper…Ask Kool Herc

Latin x need to cut it out stop the foolishness ! We Done here this is dead pack up go home settle down!