The Beatnuts

USA, 1989–now

Queens duo of JuJu and Psycho Les, formed in 1989 — Dominican and Colombian American, and among the first to put Latin records into boom-bap. Producers first and rappers second, they were the crate-diggers other producers went to school on.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced The Beatnuts and 1 artist The Beatnuts influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did The Beatnuts influence?

• No I.D. — No I.D. could already make beats; the Beatnuts taught him to dig. He is direct that the style he became known for came from being shown how to find the records.