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In this paper I aim to study rap in Buenos Aires after 2001 observing the link between social and aesthetic aspects, from a perspective of ‘mediation’ and ‘worlds of art’. For this purpose, I analyze its origins in times of socio-economic crisis and the importance that the democratization of digital technology has had in its unraveling. I observe the development of diverse niches (related to class, generation or aesthetics cleavages), and a process of popularization related to freestyle-improvisation and trap as a sub-genre. As I will show, there is a diversification and a fast popularization associated with digitalization and self-management events, giving rise to home recording studios and video clips uploaded to the internet. Also, I point out the role of the State, big shows organizers, journalists, streaming agencies and major record labels. Finally, I propose that the internal differences in this music do not refer directly to homologies between social classes and different styles of rap.

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