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Felix Delgado (born December 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Cuban Link, is a Cuban-American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip-hop scene in The Bronx, he came to prominence upon discovery by fellow Bronx rapper Fat Joe and mentorship from his close friend Big Pun, and thereafter guest appeared on Pun’s 1998 album Capital Punishment. He is also known for being a member of the Bronx-based rap group Terror Squad.
In 1997, Cuban Link made his first on-record performance on the single “Off the Books” by The Beatnuts.
Delgado was born in Havana, Cuba, on December 18, 1974. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift, settling in the South Bronx in New York City in 1984 when he was nine years old. At the end of the Boatlift, he originally arrived in Miami, Florida and also settled in Puerto Rico for a unspecified amount of time, until he permanently settled in The Bronx.
While on the Mariel Boatlift, Cuban and his family sailed from Cuba to Miami, Florida for six months from April 15 to October 31, 1980. When Cuban arrived, he was in a concentration camp on 95 North where they had all the other Cubans. Cuban lived in…
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