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To explore the political roles and identities of the female Cuban rap group La Reyna y La Real within hip-hop and society.

January 25, 2026

¡NO ES FÁCIL! Afro-Cuban Woman and Rap: The Case of La Reyna y La Real

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To explore the political roles and identities of the female Cuban rap group La Reyna y La Real within hip-hop and society.
Analyzed the music and professional trajectories of La Reyna y La Real.
Examined the political positionality of the rappers.
Investigated overlapping identities influencing their work and music.
Identified La Reyna y La Real as key actors in Cuban hip-hop.
Highlighted their contributions to feminism and social change.
Showed how their identities shape their music and message.

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Abstract: Drawing on the careful analysis of the music and the professional trajectory of the female Cuban rap group La Reyna y La Real, this article analyzes their political positionality as Black, feminist rappers and actors of change both in the hip-hop community and in Cuban society. Additionally, this article examines the overlapping identities that informs the lives and the work of these women-rappers in the Caribbean nation, which in turn underpins their music and their poetics as a duo.

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Silvia M. Roca-Martínez (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6975b26ffeba4585c2d6ddbc — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2025.a980652

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