Freestyle music

Freestyle music, also known as freestyle, Latin freestyle or Latin hip-hop, and sometimes Latin rap is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the New York metropolitan area, Philadelphia, and Miami, primarily among Puerto Rican Americans and Italian Americans. An important precursor to freestyle is 1982's "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force. Shannon's 1983 hit "Let the Music Play" is often considered the first freestyle song and the first major song recorded by a Latin American artist is "Please Don't Go" by Nayobe from 1984. From there, freestyle gained a large presence in American clubs, especially in New York and Miami.