Hip Hop Hoodios

Hip Hop Hoodios The band's name is a play on "hood" and "Judios" and that's as good an explanation of where they're coming from, and of the Latin-Jewish sounds herein contained, as you'll get. Drawing on their dual Latino-Jewish heritage, Hip Hop Hoodios combine the vitality of Latin alternative music with American-Jewish culture for fun-filled, trilingual mayhem. Los Hoodios' name is derived from a twist on the Spanish word for Jew, or Judio. Led by Josue Noriega, the four band members have roots in Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Mexico as well as Jewish culture. Using a mix of live instrumentation and samples, they meld Hebrew with merengue and layer Jewish-themed rhymes atop salsa rhythms to create tracks like "Havana Nagila" off their CD's, Raza Hoodia and Agua 'pa la Gente.

Hear the music: Havana Nagila
Booking and performance inquiries: hebehop@j-arts.org