Tha Mexakinz
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Tha Mexakinz are a Latin rap duo from Long Beach, California
, who released three albums in the 1990s on Wild West Records. The first LP, "Zig Zag", was distributed by Wild West/Mad Sounds/Motown. Wild West was also affiliated with American Recordings.
sublabel Mad Sounds in 1993, becoming the first Latin artists to be signed to Motown. The group's debut single "Phonkie Melodia" reached #32 on the Billboard Maxi-Singles sales chart in 1994. They gained a strong underground following among both hip hop
and alternative rock
fans for their bilingual rhymes. With their third album, the duo incorporated elements of alternative rock and ska-punk into their sound.
The duo were still working together in 2006, appearing at the Los Angeles Hip Hop & Reggaeton Fest, and in 2009 began working on new album, with new member Cashmiro.
In 2009, Archuleta was charged with felony sexual assault including two counts of forced digital penetration, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of making threats. The trial began on 1 July 2009, and on 8 July he was cleared of the sexual assault charges but found guilty of making criminal threats to kill his former girlfriend and her entire family. On 23 July he was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to the criminal threats charge.
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, who released three albums in the 1990s on Wild West Records. The first LP, "Zig Zag", was distributed by Wild West/Mad Sounds/Motown. Wild West was also affiliated with American Recordings.
History
Tha Mexakinz si comprised MCs Rudy "I-Man" Archuleta and Rodrigo "Sinful" Navarro and the newest addition to group Manuel"Cashmiro"Navarro They were initially signed to Motown RecordsMotown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
sublabel Mad Sounds in 1993, becoming the first Latin artists to be signed to Motown. The group's debut single "Phonkie Melodia" reached #32 on the Billboard Maxi-Singles sales chart in 1994. They gained a strong underground following among both hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
fans for their bilingual rhymes. With their third album, the duo incorporated elements of alternative rock and ska-punk into their sound.
The duo were still working together in 2006, appearing at the Los Angeles Hip Hop & Reggaeton Fest, and in 2009 began working on new album, with new member Cashmiro.
In 2009, Archuleta was charged with felony sexual assault including two counts of forced digital penetration, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of making threats. The trial began on 1 July 2009, and on 8 July he was cleared of the sexual assault charges but found guilty of making criminal threats to kill his former girlfriend and her entire family. On 23 July he was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to the criminal threats charge.
Albums
- Zig Zag (1994) Wild West (entered the Billboard Heatseeker Charts at #40)
- Tha MexakinzTha Mexakinz (album)Tha Mexakinz is the second full-length album by Latin hip hop duo, Tha Mexakinz. It was released on August 13, 1996, by Wild West Records.-Track listing:#Introlude#U Don't Even Know Me#Never in This World#Plead Insanity#Problems#La Plaga...
(1996) Wild West - Crossing All BordersCrossing All BordersCrossing All Borders is an LP by Latin hip hop duo Tha Mexakinz. It was released on October 13, 1998, by Fluid Recordings.-Track listing:#Rain on Your Parade#La Plaga#Lose My Cool#Burnin#Cok Bak da Hamma!#2 Many MC's#Phonkie Melodia III...
(1998) Wild West
Singles
- "Phonkie Melodia" (1993) Mad Sounds/Motown
- "Extaseason" (1994) Mad Sounds/Motown
- "Confessions: Hell Don't Pay" (1995) Wild West
- "Burnin' Hot" (1996) Wild West
- "Problems" (1997) Wild West
- "The Wake Up Show" (1997) Wild West