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Latinidad Still Not A Player By Simon Frith

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Within his article, Simon Frith asks a question that caused me to stop and think: “The question we should be asking is not what does popular music reveal about ‘the people’ but how does it construct them? (137)” As he states, music is an individualizing form that creates an identity or self-definition that we use to give ourselves a particular place in society. The hip hop movement aided in constructing the Puerto Rican identity in New York City, allowing artists to experiment with language and race relations while challenging the traditional notions of Latinidad.
The remix “Still Not a Player,” by Big Pun featuring Joe, allows what were originally two separate songs to come together to call in a broader audience. Pun could infuse his music with specific Puerto Rican cultural elements while still being considered “authentic” within the mixed cultural territory of hip hop (Rivera 132). Big Pun and Fat Joe understood what the Latin community wanted to hear and how it would bridge the gap between the Black and Latinx communities. By …show more content…

While altering his song “I’m Not a Player” to combine with Joe’s “Don’t Wanna be a Player,” Big Pun strategically changes a few sets of lyrics in order to emphasize his Puerto Rican background. He not only includes the “Boricua/Morena” sequence, but Pun also adds the suffix of “-ito” onto multiple English words, such as “(Mercedes) Benz” and “twin.” This linguistic change links an ethnicity to his sound while allowing him to remain devoted to core hip hop aesthetics. Through the use of language, Pun establishes the Puerto Rican identity as one that is able to combine and mix with other cultures and identities, not one to be hidden

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