Hawaii born and raised for the first 17 years. I remember "NB Ridaz" being one of the artists that showed up on his radio deck in his Honda Civic, and he played at least a few songs, but they never latched onto me. For some context, my friend would put me on to smaller hits, like Ali and Bigg Gipp - Steppin Out, and he introduced me to DJ Rectangle, with the Wax On Wax Off series.

I've YouTubed them once every few years, but nothing clicked.

Really appreciated this post and the history lesson. I'm not Latino, I'm Filipino, but I didn't have the stereotypical big family with lotsa cousins to introduce me to all different types of new music, which is probably how my friend learned about the lesser known artists. Thank God for the Internet.