With its tuba-driven bass and funky brass trumpets and trombones, banda music lends itself to sampling as well as anything from George Clinton or James Brown’s catalog, a point that L.A. hip-hop duo ...
Two years ago, the Los Angeles-based urban rap duo Akwid became the first group to break big with a mixture of Mexican-flavored hip-hop in Spanish that was tagged urban regional. The group sold ...
Like many Mexicans who are thriving against the odds in the United States, Francisco Gomez cannot believe his good luck. Akwid, the rap duo featuring him and older brother Sergio, was in the Top 20 of ...
Akwid, known for pioneering the banda-infused hip-hop movement, teams up with Uruguayan MC Santi Mostaffa for hard-hitting track "Whoa!" By Griselda Flores Senior Editor, Latin Mexican hip-hop duo ...