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- ♪ no more rolling with an entourage ♪ ♪ unless its pun and the terror squad ♪ ♪ - i got something here. mellow man ace had this record. - oh, i know that record. [hip-hop playing] - ♪ check this out, baby [rapping in spanish] - yo. - ♪ last night, you didnt go - [rapping in spanish] - that was hot, yo, when that song came out, it was revolutionary to my ears because it was like, oh, my god. there are latin words and latin artists. - yeah. - its hip-hop. you just felt included. - ...

And brown communities. im about to meet up with raul lopez, brooklyn native and designer behind luar, who is taking street style back and finally getting the recognition he deserves. whats up, raul? - hey. how are you? - good, good, good. [both speaking spanish] - good. good. - how cool is this place? oh, these are the famous purses, huh? - yeah, man. deemed "it" bag. - the "it" bag. dua lipa had one, or something? - dua had one, solange. - solange had one, too? luar has been featured on the vog...

And i got jumped by this kid named johnny. he had my same name. anyway, that was my life growing up, but it made me who i am today, right? ♪ manhattan was like oz, you know. it was there. it was something to achieve. it was something better. you know, it was someplace-- but it was close enough. you know what i mean? you could always dip your toe into what wealthy people and people who had privilege-- you saw it. and you could smell it and taste it and go, god, you wanted it so bad because you ...

- yeah, so what were the early records that influenced you? - ooh, man. so many. you know what? rather than tell you the records, id rather play it for you than show you. - oh, yeah, yeah. please. - lets go upstairs. so this is the first time i heard a spanish rap on a hip-hop record. so this guy, mr. schick, was in a group called the mean machine. - all right. - and this is sugar hill records, bro. [hip-hop music playing] - oh. oh. - ♪ we got something we want yall to hear ♪ [singing in spa...

Turntables around, and thats how rap begins. its incredible. - like i said, we couldnt afford the equipment, and as soon as the lights went out-- - everybody had equipment. - we went right for their dj equipment, bro. - hmm. imagine that. ♪ [beatboxing] - you know what hip hop did, bro, it brought us all together, kept a lot of kids off the street. and it gave kids, like, an interest, a hobby. - right, right. - it was art, or-- - something to rechannel all that young energy, yeah. - yeah, you ...

- brown kids, its like-- its like their first exposure to something-- - thats people who look like them, talk like them. - exactly. - talk about things that theyre interested in that is culturally theirs. - yeah. - i was a part of other ensembles, but i didnt get the stage time i deserved because they werent doing shows that had roles for me. - yeah. - thats when i started writing even more because i was like, im gonna just write my own stuff. i wanna see stories that i know my storys on stage. ...

And brown communities. im about to meet up with raul lopez, brooklyn native and designer behind luar, who is taking street style back and finally getting the recognition he deserves. whats up, raul? - hey. how are you? - good, good, good. [both speaking spanish] - good. good. - how cool is this place? oh, these are the famous purses, huh? - yeah, man. deemed "it" bag. - the "it" bag. dua lipa had one, or something? - dua had one, solange. - solange had one, too? luar has been featured on the vog...

And i got jumped by this kid named johnny. he had my same name. anyway, that was my life growing up, but it made me who i am today, right? ♪ manhattan was like oz, you know. it was there. it was something to achieve. it was something better. you know, it was someplace-- but it was close enough. you know what i mean? you could always dip your toe into what wealthy people and people who had privilege-- you saw it. and you could smell it and taste it and go, god, you wanted it so bad because you ...

- so good. - all right, yall, im so glad you made it here to the special restaurant home. i brought you here because you all represent different aspects of my life, and i wanted to share because you know, latin people, we dont get our flowers. we dont get our dues like we deserve. to me, sergio represents broadway. and legendary rapper fat joe and tony, theyre all about hip-hop. and aida, shes the comedy world. we dive in, starting with something that seems like its pretty basic-- what we call o...

♪ unless its pun and the terror squad ♪ ♪ - i got something here. mellow man ace had this record. - oh, i know that record. [hip-hop playing] - ♪ check this out, baby [rapping in spanish] - yo. - ♪ last night, you didnt go - [rapping in spanish] - that was hot, yo, when that song came out, it was revolutionary to my ears because it was like, oh, my god. there are latin words and latin artists. - yeah. - its hip-hop. you just felt included. - that record hit. - you felt like, oh, my god...