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SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS WAS FOUNDED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BY CUBANS WHO WERE FLEEING THEIR COUNTRYS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. THEY BROUGHT THEIR EXTENSIVE SUGAR CANE FARMING KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING THE SUGAR INDUSTRY THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA. SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS REACHED ITS PEAK DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS CENTURY, WHEN ITS SUGAR PRODUCTION ENJOYED HIGH PRICES ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET AS A RESULT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. MANY EUROPEANS SETTLED HERE, MAKING IT A VERY COSMOPOLITIAN URBAN CENTER. PAN AMERICAN FLEW ITS SEAPLANES IN REGULARLY (EASTERN MACORIS HAS PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE FIRST DOMINICAN CITY TO RECEIVE SEAPLANES, IN ITS HIGUAMO RIVER), AT A TIME WHEN THIS PORT ENJOYED MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAN THE CAPITAL CITY OF SANTO DOMINGO.
SAN PEDRO MACORIS PIONEERED MANY AREAS SUCH AS THE FIRST FIREFIGHTING CORPS, THE FIRST NATIONAL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, THE FIRST TOWN TO HAVE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CENTERS, THE FIRST RACETRACK AND THE FIRST BOXING COLISEUM, AMONG OTHERS. THE FIRST SUGAR FACTORY WAS FOUNDED BY JUAN AMECHAZURA, MILLING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON JANUARY 9, 1879
ACCORDING TO BASEBALL REFERENCE, 70 PLAYERS TOTAL IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY WERE BORN IN SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. SOME OF THOSE PLAYERS ARE SAMMY SOSA, ALFONSO SORIANO, ROBINSON CANO AND MANY OTHERS. THE CITY IF OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE CRADLE OF SHORTSTOPS
VIDEO TAKEN PLACE IN PLAYA JUAN DOLIO
ARTIST/SONG PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND IS CUBAN LINK BLEED (DIPSET ANTHEM INSTRUMENTAL)
CUBAN LINK IS A LATIN RAPPER FROM BRONX, NEW YORK ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE TERROR SQUAD
HE HAS RELEASED 2 SOLO ALBUMS TO DATE WHICH ARE 24K (NOT IN STORES) AND CHAIN REACTION. HE ALSO HAS RELEASED 4 MIXTAPES WHICH ARE BROKEN CHAINS, CHAINSAW MASSACRE, MAN ON FIRE AND THE MACHINE VOLUME 1 ALONG WITH BANG BANG BOOGIE. HE WAS A PART OF THE FIRST TERROR SQUAD ALBUM WHICH WAS SELF TITLED
CUBAN LINK HAS WORKED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS BIG PUN, DON OMAR, MYA, ZION, RICKY MARTIN, THE GAME, JADAKISS, ASHANTI, JA RULE, SWIZZ BEATZ, RAEKWON, COMMON, KRAYZIE BONE, SYLEENA JOHNSON, PINK, AVANT, THE BEATNUTS, CHIKITIN, CAPONE, N.O.R.E, CNN, REMY MA, TEMPERAMENTO, PEEDI CRACK, TRIPLE SEIS, MYSONNE, LORD TARIQ, DJ HONDA, MC CEJA, ZATURNO, ARO SANCHEZ, FREDRO STARR, M.O.P, CARL THOMAS, NUBIA, REYCHESTA, POE RILLA, SALAZAR BROTHERS, NOZTRA, MEXICANO 777, BIG LOU AND MANY MORE
HIS HIT SONGS CONSISTS OF
SUGAR DADDY
STILL TELLIN LIES
FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD
SCANDALOUS
NO FALLA
TALK ABOUT IT
90 MILES & SWIMMING
HEY MAMA
NO TE CULPARE
LETTER TO PUN
COMIN HOME WITH ME
NO MERCY
LIFE GOES ON
SCARFACE 2
PLAY HOW U WANT
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
MEN OF BUSINESS
SOMOS LATINO
HIJO DE LA CALLE
MY LADY
MOMENT OF TRUTH
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
BANG OUT
NO RESPECT |
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