Spanish hip hop began in the early 1980’s. Spanish hip hop is the hip hop music produced in Spain. The hip hop culture in Spain is often socially conscious, and has a strong presence on working-class barrios (neighborhoods), but it is not limited to them. Hip hop in Spain grows strong in Madrid ,Sevilla, and more places but the scene is present in all the other regional capitals. The mean machine was first with disco rapping. Then in 1980 La Familia was born. A four man bilingual group. Don Juan was the leader, then Lou Rock, then Roski, then Indio was the last member of the group. Roski learn Don Juans Spanish rap skill in his disco form. So in 1981 Roski invented Spanish hip hop. Roski was the first to do freestyle Spanish hip hop with a dj chopping up the beats. After Roski as the years came many other Spanish rappers surfaced.
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Fall 2013 SP 100.02 
Hola Nick:
Gracias por tu blog sobre el rap español. Actually this was new to me because it is not a style of music that I particularly listen to. Therefore, I was very interested in what you found out and I checked some rappers online. I know that the rap in Spain is different in an important aspect. People in Spain are not particularly interested in the gangster lyrics or in derogatory and objectified treatment of women and those type of songs do not ring well with the public. However, socially responsible issues have emerged strongly and many of the songs deal with the problematic of unemployment, class differences, or work injustices.