Akwid, known for pioneering the banda-infused hip-hop movement, teams up with Uruguayan MC Santi Mostaffa for hard-hitting track "Whoa!" By Griselda Flores Senior Editor, Latin Mexican hip-hop duo ...

When Sergio and Francisco Gómez were teenagers in South Los Angeles in the early 1990s, they lived across the street from a drug house. Watching the dealers from the windows of the small apartment ...

Two years ago, the Los Angeles-based urban rap duo Akwid became the first group to break big with a mixture of Mexican-flavored hip-hop in Spanish that was tagged urban regional. The group sold ...

Like many Mexicans who are thriving against the odds in the United States, Francisco Gomez cannot believe his good luck. Akwid, the rap duo featuring him and older brother Sergio, was in the Top 20 of ...