Reflection

This is just a quick reflection, I've enjoyed doing this blog I didn't cover rap from Spain completely, I left out a whole bunch or rappers that are crazy talented but I will cover them on a different blog and hopefully I'll cover other countries that I haven't but I'll do it mostly to learn more about those countries music.
So, to anyone who read this, thank you and I hope you've enjoyed this music trip so far.
Thank you!

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Mexican Rap! Pt 2

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Venezuelan Rap!

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Where my journey started: My beautiful home country: Colombia!

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