Cuban Link
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Felix Delgado, 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 rap
Cuban Link in 2005
Mariel boatlift
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The Mariel boatlift was a mass emigration of Cubans who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980. The term "Marielito" is used to refer to these re
Cuban Link
…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…
Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel boatlift crisis in 1980
Demonstrations in Cuba expressing disdain for Marielitos and support for the government
An overloaded boat of Marielitos in Key West
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel in Key West during the Mariel boatlift