%0 Journal Article
%T Diaspora portoricaine et musique rap ¨¤ New-York : entre latinit¨¦ et culture africaine am¨¦ricaine Puerto Rican diaspora and rap music in New-York city: between ¡°latininad¡± and African American culture
%A St¨¦phane Partel
%J ¨¦tudes Caribe¨¦nnes
%D 2012
%I Universit¨¦ Antilles-Guyane
%R 10.4000/etudescaribeennes.4756
%X Le rap a atteint un succ¨¨s sans pr¨¦c¨¦dent aupr¨¨s des jeunes urbains aux Etats-Unis et dans les grandes m¨¦galopoles du monde entier. Ce genre musical, figure de proue du hip-hop, s¡¯est affirm¨¦ d¨¨s les ann¨¦es 1970 comme un moyen d¡¯expression diasporique refl¨¦tant les exp¨¦riences, les rapports complexes et les interactions culturelles entre Africains Am¨¦ricains, Jama cains et Portoricains de la diaspora vivant ¨¤ New York. Cependant, le positionnement des artistes issus de la diaspora portoricaine a ¨¦t¨¦ peu ¨¦tudi¨¦. Nourri de s¨¦jours d¡¯observation participante et de recherches r¨¦alis¨¦s entre 2005 et 2008, ainsi que de la fr¨¦quentation assidue des concerts du collectif artistique portoricain The Terror Squad auxquels l¡¯auteur a pu assister, cet article se propose doncd¡¯analyser le r le central des artistes issus de la diaspora portoricaine de New York ¨¤ travers l¡¯¨¦tude du rap, ¨¦l¨¦ment le plus m¨¦diatis¨¦ du hip-hop. Il devient ainsi possible de mieux entrevoir les tensions, convergences et interactions culturelles qui r¨¦gissent les rapports complexes qui s¡¯¨¦tablissent entre la latinit¨¦ des Portoricains et la culture africaine-am¨¦ricaine urbaine depuis plus d¡¯une trentaine d¡¯ann¨¦es dans le milieu du rap. Rap music has achieved unprecedented success among urban youth in the United States and in big cities around the world. As a key element of hip-hop this musical style has been asserting its strength since the 1970s as a reflection of the diasporic experience and the complex cultural interactions between African Americans, Jamaicans and Puerto Ricans of the diaspora living in New York. However, scant research has been conducted on the role of Puerto Rican artists of the diaspora living in New York. Therefore, based on field trips and participant observation undertaken between 2005 and 2008 and the concerts of the Puerto Rican rap group The Terror Squad that the author was able to attend frequently, the purpose of this article is to analyze the central role of Puerto Rican artists located in New York through rap music, the most publicized element of hip-hop. This analysis sheds light on the tensions, commonalities and cultural interactions that govern the complex relationships between the distinctive Latin identity of Puerto Ricans and the African American urban culture, as witnessed on New York¡¯s rap scene for more than thirty years.
%K Diaspora
%K New York City
%K Rap
%K Hip-hop
%K Cultural interactions
%K Puerto Ricans
%K African Americans
%K Diaspora
%K Rap
%K Hip-hop
%K Portoricains
%K Interactions culturelles
%K New York
%K Afro-americains
%U http://etudescaribeennes.revues.org/4756