The Noise

The Noise was a Puerto Rican collective of DJs, rappers, and producers who performed at a club, by the same name in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It included many of Puerto Rican performers, some of whom would later find solo success, including Vico C, Baby Rasta & Gringo, Baby Ranks, DJ David, DJ Negro, DJ Nelson, Don Chezina, Ivy Queen, Las Guanabanas, Point Breakers, Trebol Clan, Tony Touch. Background In 1985, the club opened in Puerto Rico. Originally, the club was a "venue where DJs and club-goers could enjoy rap, dancehall reggae, and tropical styles popular at the salsa, particularly. Around 1994, the collective's producers began producing beats for the artists to perform to live at the club. Musical career 1994-1996: Establishment Puerto Rican singer Ivy Queen joined the then all-male group in 1995. Queen "made her first appearance on the fifth installment of The Noise CD series with a track called "Somos Raperos Pero No Delincuentes." Queen grew increasingly tired of the violent and explicit sexual lyrics," later releasing her debut studio album En Mi Imperio in 1996.