La Etnia at their home studio outside of Bogota, Colombia on June 13, 2009. (Photo by Patricia Nazario)
Colombia’s first and most famous rap group is La Etnnia. Their record label is called 5-27 after the address where they lived in the Las Cruces section of Bogotá when they started rapping in 1994. The genre continues catching on, like wildfire, with young Colombians. From Bogotá, Patricia Nazario highlights how the music serves as a creative outlet for local problems, including deep scars from its decades-long civil war.
Hip-Hop stations in Bogotá:
Additional Resources for the Slideshow:
*The World Bank on public Transportation
*The Central Intelligence Agency general overview of Colombia
*The World Health Organization’s report on substance abuse
*Habitat for Humanity on housing poverty
*NationMaster.com with Colombia agriculture stats
