MSNBC Leguizamo Does America June 4, 2024 00:45:00
- salsa is around. ♪ - so the birth of salsa-- people think it's from cuba or puerto rico. where--how did it happen? - el son, which is from cuba, is what salsa is. ♪ - son is a genre of music and dance created in cuba, heavily influenced by african rhythms and sounds. these rhythms became a touchstone for the latino community when they began immigrating to the united states. - salsa is a big new york thing because when our parents came here in the '30s and the '40s, that's probably all they had. music was intertwined in all of our activities and all our events. - but what was the special ...