Benjamin Melendez
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Benjamin Melendez (August 3, 1952 – May 28, 2017) was best known for brokering the
vocalist
of a musical group also known as the Ghetto Brothers.
Melendez was heavily involved in the rise of Puerto Rican nationalist consciousness among
Sephardic crypto-Jews), practicing their religion in secret even in the 1970s while being part of a Hispanic
community.
Melendez was a subject in the 2015 documentary, Rubble Kings, which depicts events leading up to and following the Hoe Avenue peace meeting.
Melendez died May 28, 2017, at the age of 65.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0-8223-4022-5. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ Former Ghetto Brothers Gang Leader & Subject Of "Rubble Kings" Benjy Melendez Has Died
Authored works
- Melendez, Benjamin; Chalfant, Henry; Chang, Jeff (2007). "9 Ghetto Brother Power: The Bronx Gangs, the Beatles, the Aguinaldo, and a Pre-History of Hip-Hop". Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music. S2CID 192075015.
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