Mexicans are generally laughed at and made fun and are associated
with being real poor and not given respect in my area ... and they
pretty much dont interact outside of their race as well as most don't
speak english (again in my area/state). Its not racial its pretty much
due to them being low income which the majority happen to be.
It would be 10x harder for a mexican rapper to be accepted by the
general public (which the general public is defiently not FP or most
of FP members thought process/attitude) than it would be for a white
rapper to be accepted. Also Teenage girls are not gonna be dancing
around, chanting, and falling in love with a mexican rapper ...
Especially pre/teenage white girls who are the mtv/bet/radio buying
public ... & major labels would never go for it.
They will have their niche but wont come close to making a dent in mainstream.
Well I am sure circumstances do vary depending on location, but such assocations to poverty are real insignificant and any overegeneralizations based upon are more than unnecessary.
Since when has adversity not been part of the picture?
And in many cases in Texas you will find that Hispanics are the majority, not to mention the fastest growing minority in America, where all demographics interact amongst eachother. As far as Spanish, music is the universal language and as long as you have good presentation and delivery this should never be an issue.
I couldn't tell you how many times I have heard white kids sing Spanish lyrics, and if they don't know what it means they ask, breaking any communication barriers originally imposed. More and more people are learnig Spanish everyday.
As well, being bilingual has a siginificant benefit to appealing to a much broader audience, expanding to all Hispanic nations throughout the world directly distributing mass appeal throughout.
Latino's from what I can tell do have good tendencies to support one another's uprising for the most part.
I also know a lot of white girls who love latinos, if not Mexicans exclusively.
By year 2050, Hispanics will be the predominant racial class in America, and so by then if not a lot sooner I'm sure if any Mexican artist was on the come up, the indusrty would know better than to deny such an exposure to the mainstream based on such an overwhelming misconception.
It's just a matter of time, someone out there is just waiting to break the mold. It's not a matter of never happening, it just hasn't happened yet.