Ghetto Brothers

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The Ghetto Brothers were a gang (or club) and music group founded in New York City's South Bronx in the late 1960s. The gang eventually spread to much of the Northeastern United States. Like the Young Lords, they were involved in Puerto Rican nationalism, including, in the case of the Ghetto Brothers, an association with the then-new Puerto Rican Socialist Party. This gang had political motivation to uplift young Spanish and Black men in the community. The name Ghetto Brothers was chosen by Hui Cambrelen one of the original founders along with Ray delaVega and Benjamin Melendez (1952 – May 28, 2017), who left the organization in 1976, was also known as a guitarist. He led a band, also known as the Ghetto Brothers, which included his late brother Victor Melendez on bass. They released one album Ghetto Brothers - Power-Fuerza in 1971, which had only informal, local distribution. It has since been re-released on CD. Benjamin Melendez was best known for brokering the gang truce in the Bronx and Harlem (New York City) in 1971. At that time, he was President of the Ghetto Brothers, a mainly ethnically Puerto Rican South Bronx gang, and lead vocalist of a musical group also known as the Ghetto Brothers. The Ghetto Brothers, especially in their early years, had a reputation as one of the more politically minded and less vengeful of New York-area gangs. After Cornell "Black Benjie" Benjamin was killed in 1971 trying to prevent a fight between two rival gangs, the Ghetto Brothers d

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Power Fuerza

Power Fuerza (Deluxe Reissue)

Power Fuerza (Deluxe Edition)

Ghetto Disco / Ghetto Blues

Power-Fuerza

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Down South Mud (Chopped & Screwed)

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10 Years of Secretsundaze

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Truth & Soul presents Fallin Off The Reel Volume 3

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10 year's of secretsundaze

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X-MIX Fast Forward & Rewind

Ghetto Disco

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Fallin off the Reel Vol. 4

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