| The Noise | |
| Origin: | Puerto Rico |
| Years Active: | 1985—2004 |
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.
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.[1]
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.[2]
In 1997, The Best Greatest Hits was released. It reached number eight on the Billboard Latin Albums chart.[3] It also peaked at number five on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart.[4] Later that same year, The Noise, Vol. 8: The Real Noise was released. It reached number twelve and number six on the Billboard Latin Albums and Billboard Latin Pop Albums charts, respectively.[5]
In May 2018, the group held a reunion concert at New York’s Red Bull Festival.[6] The proceeds of the event were donated to the “Rock Steady for Life” campaign, benefiting victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.[7]