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Low Riders

A low rider vehicle, which can be a car, truck, motorcycle, or even a bicycle, is one that has been altered to ride very low to the road: it sits...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Rafaela Castro · More from publication
Zoot Suit

The zoot suit was a style of clothing popularized by young male African Americans, Filipino Americans, and Mexican Americans during the 1930s and...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Rafaela Castro · More from publication
Cheech and Chong

Cheech and Chong were a comedy team of the early 1970s that opened for rock bands, recorded a series of popular comedy albums, performed on the...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Rafaela Castro · More from publication
La Bamba"

Ritchie Valens helped merge traditional Mexican music with American rock 'n' roll when he recorded "La Bamba" in 1958. Since his version, "La...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Rafaela Castro · More from publication

Low Riders