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(Disco Wiz, tragically, was charged with attempted murder in 1978.
Their takeover meant that the public face of hip-hop often looked exclusively Black, especially to white outsiders.
Meanwhile, a Queensbased duo called the Beatnuts had begun making moves behind the boards.
If nothing else, it reflected a public appetite for the kind of hardcore hip-hop Joe was slinging.
Indeed, New York was flush with like-minded, street-oriented music.
That would prove a hallmark of Joes subsequent, and more commercially successful, recordings.
But make no mistake: The Latinx community was a part of New York City hip-hop from the start.
