Dominican Rap or Dominican Hip Hop began in the Dominican Republic at the end of the 90s with the arrival of the musical theme savor it by the Puerto Rican rapper Vico C and several other artists from Puerto Rico, and this would be the first Dominican Rap song already in turn the first Rap recorded in Spanish, Titled "Ven Acá" by the Dominican arranger Jorge Taveras and performed by the comedians Freddy Beras-Goico and Felipe Polanco in 1979, later the Merengue-Rap "El Jardinero" by Wilfrido Vargas appeared in the decade of the 80s.
Hip Hop also began to be very popular by the Dominicans living in the US José Santana aka Big Daddy who later was called bigdaddyouu who together with the united group were the pioneers of the eastern part of the country since 1987 José Santana visited New York City to to come later with that influence of the American brunettes (especially New York), which began to bring music on Cassette of North American rappers, which motivated and / or inspired many young people in the Dominican Republic to this style of music. [Four. Five] With the release of the films Flashdance, Beat Street and Breakin 'in the country in the early 80's, he began to further promote the Electro Booguie Break Dance, influencing the Dominican youth.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_salsa