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but what about us latinos? we've been here in this city, and we've got every kind of latino. you want your puerto ricans? wepa. you want your cubans? dale! dominicans? que lo que tigre. colombianos? todo bien, todo bien. mexicanos? no manches, guey. and this is where i grew up, too. and when i was a kid, i don't know what the streets were paved with, but it damn sure as hell was not gold. but that didn't stop latinx new yorkers from making big contributions. basquiat, rita moreno-- puerto rican. cardi b--dominican. supreme court justice sotomayor, nuyorican from the bx. even the very...

Basquiat, Rita Moreno Puerto rican. Cardi bdominican. Supreme Court Justice sotomayor, nuyorican from the bx. Even the very first nonindigenous person to live and work in the island of manhattan in the 1600s was juan rodriguez, a dominicano. Mira eso, right from the start, weve been here making this city great. Now, i dont know what new york would be without latinos, but it sure as hell wouldnt smell as good, it wouldnt taste as good, and it definitely wouldnt sound as good. Thats right, cause salsa music was invented here in new york, thats right. [vocalizing along to salsa music] youre welco...

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[hip-hop music] ♪ ever heard of jay-z, megan thee stallion, and snoop dogg? of course you have. they're hip hop royalty. but what you probably haven't heard is that my people played a big role in getting that whole scene off the ground. well, it all started right here in the city that never sleeps. hip-hop culture has always been so important to me on so many levels because it was counterculture. it was subversive because we latin and black people were kept out of the limelight. so this culture came out from the hood, and we latin people were there. it's black culture, but we assisted. and n...

♪ ever heard of jay-z, megan thee stallion, and snoop dogg? of course you have. they're hip hop royalty. but what you probably haven't heard is that my people played a big role in getting that whole scene off the ground. well, it all started right here in the city that never sleeps. hip-hop culture has always been so important to me on so many levels because it was counterculture. it was subversive because we latin and black people were kept out of the limelight. so this culture came out from the hood, and we latin people were there. it's black culture, but we assisted. and now you're gonna ...