It’s this “Dominican-ness” which makes the crew unique. Culturally driven by the Caribbean’s festive beats, the crew’s rhythms flirt with Dominican dembow and Brazilian baile funk, adding bells, horns, and speedy riddims. Their April debut EP, Sie7etr3 (featuring fellow crew members Dglo73 and Youngkilla73) was an ode to drugs, money and good old-fashioned ass-shaking. Their party-ready songs like Brazilera and Colombiana have a celebratory tone that stands at odds with the usually more morose character of drill. And their accent! I’m crazy about it because their accents are super-trippy,” he laughs. Artists such as M24, Russ and Digga D are his favourites: “I love UK drill so much I made a playlist on my phone. “When Chief Keef came out I was inspired to create music like that in Spanglish and mix drill with trap,” Chucky says, expressing similar love for the current UK drill wave. But it’s the contribution of drill music – which emerged in Chicago during the early 2010s through the likes of Chief Keef – that sets Sie7etr3 apart from their Spanish-speaking counterparts. An influx of immigrants to New York in the 1980s and 1990s (FettI is from El Cibao, a northern region of the Dominican Republic, while Chucky is from La Vega, the third largest city in the country) led to the popularisation of sub-genres such as reggaeton, merenghouse and Latin trap, not to mention the breakthrough of New York-raised Dominican rappers such as Sensato Del Patio, Tali, Messiah, and Lito Kirino. Growing up in the midst of several hip-hop movements meant that multicultural exchange has always been important to the group. The owner of any good bodega in New York is a staple of their community – it’s no surprise that Sie7etr3’s local stores make numerous cameos in their videos. The area’s bodega stores are lit too, filled with the sort of food that reminds immigrants of home. We didn’t want our viewers to be bored.”Īs young Dominicans living in the Bronx, the Sie7etr3 crew are often found having drinks and smoking hookahs in the park or on the stoop, blasting music from speakers while sat next to older Dominicans playing dominoes. “We’re on the block, let’s go to the chicken spot, let’s go to the bodega, inside a McDonald’s. In the clip, the crew ride around on ATVs and chill by bodegas near Grand Concourse and E 173 rd Street (which lent the crew the numbers in its name). “We always look for ways to make our videos as fun as possible,” Chucky says. At odds with the often menacing vibe of many drill promos, it put their names on the New York map, going rap-viral and racking up 3.3 million views on YouTube. In New York, the first sign of success is when cars blast your track with their windows down.Ĭhucky and Fetti’s upbeat Latin trap record led to their first official video, which displayed the rappers with their coro (a group of friends or gathering) hanging out on rooftops, apartment blocks and sidewalks. “When I was outside in my hood, cars would pass by with my music on,” Chucky recalls of 2018 – the year he and Fetti dropped their single Lili, following a chance meeting at a Dominican parade in the city. Sie7etr3 are currently shaking up the American and Latin American rap scenes but first came the local fame.
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