Cuban Link

Cuban Link
Background information
Birth name	Felix Delgado
Also known as	Cuban Link Link Lyrical Assassin
Born	December 18, 1974 Havana, Cuba
Origin	The Bronx, New York, United States
Genres	Hip hop, mafioso rap, latin rap, reggaeton
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Terror Squad, Atlantic Records, M.O.B. Records, CLK Entertainment, Charlie Boy Media
Associated acts	Bang Bang Boogie, Terror Squad (group), Big Pun, Triple Seis, Remy Ma

Felix Delgado (born December 18, 1974),^[1] better known by his stage name Cuban Link, is a Cuban American rapper and original member of Terror Squad.

Biography

Delgado was born in Havana, Cuba in 1974. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift. They settled in the Morrisania section of the South Bronx neighborhood of New York City.^[2] When Delgado was growing up, hip hop music was rising in popularity in his neighborhood. Delgado took on stage name Cuban Link and associated with fellow rappers Big Pun, Triple Seis and Da Sick One in a group under the name Full-A-Clips.^[3]

Cuban Link and Big Pun both made guest performances on The Beatnuts' single "Off the Books" in 1997. They joined the local rap group Terror Squad, and Link performed on the track "Tell Me What You Want" from the group's self-titled debut album. Link previously did guest appearances on Squad members' solo albums: Big Pun's Capital Punishment and Fat Joe's Don Cartagena. Cuban Link was signed to Atlantic Records and began recording his debut album 24K. Big Pun died on February 7, 2000, so Link wrote single "Flowers for the Dead" in Pun's honor.^[3] However, without Pun's mediation, contract disputes between Fat Joe and Cuban Link and leaks prevented the release of 24K.^[4]

In April 2001, during an album release party for Angie Martinez at Jimmy's Bronx Cafe, Cuban Link got in an altercation and had his face slashed when he was trying to break up a fight between Fat Joe and rapper Sunkiss. By that time, Cuban Link left Terror Squad. He released a mixtape, Broken Chains, in 2003 put together by DrenStarr & Roy P. Perez© .^[4] He joined independent label Men of Business in 2005 and released album Chain Reaction. It included singles "Sugar Daddy" (featuring Mýa) and "Scandalous" (featuring Don Omar) and combined some reggaeton sound as well.^[5]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions[6]
		U.S.	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap
1999	The Album Released: September 21, 1999 Label: Warner Music Group	-	-	-
2000	24K Released: Unreleased Label: Atlantic Records	-	-	-
2005	Chain Reaction Released: August 16, 2005 Label: MOB Records	188	44	22
2012	Chain of Command EP Released: TBA 2012 Label: CLK Ent	-	-	-
2012	The Missing Link Released: TBA 2012 Label: CLK Ent	-	-	-
2012	Hijo De La Calle (Son of the Street) Released: TBA 2012 Label: CLK Ent	-	-	-

Mixtapes

Year	Title
2002	Broken Chains
2004	Broken Chains 2: Chainsaw Massacre
2005	Man On Fire
2007	Bang Bang Boogie: The Machine Vol. 1
2008	Bang Bang Boogie: X Files "No Mercy For The Weak"
2009	CLK ENT. Presents: BX We Go Hard Mixtape

Album/Mixtape Track Listing

Terror Squad: The Album (1999)

1. In for Life" ft. Big Pun, Triple Seis, Prospect, Cuban Link & Fat Joe
2. Pass the Glock ft. Big Pun, Fat Joe, Prospect, Triple Seis, Cuban Link & Armageddon
3. '99 Live ft. Prospect
4. What'cha Gon' Do? ft. Big Pun
5. Triple Threat ft. Big Pun, Armageddon & Cuban Link
6. War ft. Triple Seis
7. Bring It On ft. Fat Joe
8. As the World Turns ft. Cuban Link, Tony Sunshine, Triple Seis & Prospect
9. Gimme Dat ft. Armageddon
10. Feelin' This ft. Armageddon, Prospect & Big Pun
11. All Around the World ft. Cuban Link
12. Tell Me What U Want ft. Fat Joe, Armageddon, Cuban Link & Tony Sunshine
13. Rudeboy Salute ft. Fat Joe, Big Pun & Buju Banton
14. My Kinda Girls ft. Tony Sunshine & Cuban Link
15. Payin' Dues ft. Armageddon & Keith Nut
16. www.thatsmyshit.com ft. Fat Joe, Triple Seis & The Bleach Brothers

24K (2000)

1. The Arrival
2. 90 Miles and Swimming
3. GQ's Skit
4. For My Real Ni**az
5. Project Party ft. Sunkiss
6. Freak Out ft. Angie Martinez
7. Still Tellin Lies ft. Tony Sunshine
8. Spik-N-Spanish Skit
9. Play How You Want ft. P!nk
10. 24 Karat
11. Sing-Sing Skit
12. Toe To Toe ft. Big Pun
13. Men Of Business ft. Noreaga, Kool G. Rap, M.O.P. & Lord Tariq
14. Murda Murda ft. Ja Rule
15. Cuban Sandwich ft. Remy Ma & Lo-Key
16. Cheat On Her ft. Big Pun & Carl Thomas
17. Lil Link Skit
18. Hey Mama ft. Tony Sunshine
19. Dirty Old Men Skit
20. Taste Of Pastry ft. Prospect, Triple Seis, & Tony Sunshine
21. Cartel ft. Billy Klubs, Raze Korleone, Buck 50, Reif Hustle & Don Dinero
22. Why Me ft. Fat Joe
23. Dedication
24. Flowers for the Dead ft. D'Mingo

(Bonus Track)

1. Skit
2. It's Ok ft. Figgarraw (Fat Joe & DJ Kay Slay Diss)

Cuban Link: Broken Chains (2002)

1. Intro
2. Scarface II
3. Toe 2 Toe
4. Welcome to CLK
5. Cuban Skit
6. Real Ni**az
7. Men of Buziness
8. Murda Murda
9. Glamour Life
10. Cuban Skit
11. Built Like That
12. Cuban Skit
13. 90 Miles
14. Cuban Skit
15. Why Me
16. As Tha World Turns
17. Cuban Skit
18. Hidden Hand
19. Slam Pit
20. Triple Threat
21. Cuban Skit
22. All Around Tha World
23. Cuban Skit
24. Pimpen
25. Exclusive Interview
26. Triz
27. Tell Me Whut U Want
28. Tellin Lies
29. Sugar Daddy
30. Dirty Old Man Skit
31. Whut It Is
32. Someone To Hold
33. Hey Momma
34. Player (R.I.P.)
35. Its So hard (R.I.P. Pun)
36. 100 (R.I.P. Pun)
37. How We Roll (R.I.P. Pun)
38. Flowers For the Dead

Broken Chains 2: Chainsaw Massacre (2004)

1. Bronx Tale Intro
2. Guess Who's Back
3. Cuban's Coming For You Skit
4. Hit 'Em Up
5. When The Shit Goes Down ft. Herinbone & Figgaraw
6. Sangre ft Don Chezina & TNT
7. Murderers ft L.G.
8. L.G. Freestyle
9. Toe To Toe Skit
10. Hotel
11. New York To California ft. Lucky
12. Save Me Some Skit
13. Nasty Girl
14. Holla Skit
15. Teach You How To Hump ft Figgaraw
16. I Wanna Know ft Figgaraw & Marvin
17. Chi Chi Skit
18. Monkey Dance ft. Monkey
19. Lock Down Skit
20. Run This City ft. Figgaraw
21. Destiny Skit
22. See What I See ft 2Pac
23. Don't Move Skit
24. Y'all Don't Want It ft Figgaraw
25. Shakedown ft. Swizz Beats
26. Phat Note Freestyle
27. Hold That ft G.S.
28. Freestyle - Verse
29. Outro/Letter To Pun

Chain Reaction (2005)

1. My Story (Intro)
2. Chain Reaction
3. No Mercy
4. Comin Home With Me ft. Avant
5. Riderz ft. Cap-1
6. Scandalous ft. Don Omar
7. Sugar Daddy ft. Mya
8. Tonight's The Night
9. Private Party ft. Big Humma
10. Dirty Karaoke Skit
11. I Need To Know
12. No Falla ft. Zion
13. Shakedown ft. Swizz Beatz
14. Talk About It ft. Jadakiss
15. Life Goes On ft. Syleena Johnson
16. Prison Wisdom (Interlude)
17. Letter To Pun

Man On Fire Mixtape (2005)

1. Intro
2. Album Sampler
3. Clickity Clack
4. Everyone Knows What's Coming Skit
5. Man On Fire ft J. Benjamin
6. Bleed
7. Confessions Skit
8. Time
9. Chips Are Down
10. Informer Skit
11. Smell A Rat
12. Hot Wings Skit
13. Hoe Town ft Monkey & Casual
14. Whatta We Have Here ft Peedi Crack
15. Keep It In The Family ft Baby Pun
16. Living In The City ft Figgaraw & Triple Seis
17. Apple Is Rotten ft. Fed Note
18. Heaven Or Hell Skit
19. The World (Scarface)
20. From MIA To NY ft D-Cell
21. Where's My Money Skit
22. Go Hoin' For Me
23. New York
24. Swimmin' With Sharks ft Rell
25. Let Me Love You Remix ft Mario
26. Final Words Outro

Bang Bang Boogie: The Machine Vol. 1 (2007)

1. Intro
2. Bang Bang Boogie Anthem
3. Rollin, Rydin
4. Murdergram
5. Drop Skit1
6. Ghost Town
7. Drop Skit2
8. Your Not Hood - Suicide
9. 50 Cent Co-Sign
10. Ya Over
11. Dick Rydas
12. Death Poetry
13. Limelight
14. Makin Moves
15. Reservoir Dogs
16. On The Block
17. Money Music
18. Nuthin On Me
19. Keep It On The Low
20. Attempt Murder
21. Bang Out
22. Bronx Quran
23. Outro

Bang Bang Boogie: The X-Files "No Mercy For The Weak" (2008)

1. Scarface Intro
2. Money
3. Philly 2 Ny
4. Base's Loaded
5. Got Ya Back
6. X-Files
7. Skit
8. Are You My Lady
9. All Mighty Dollar
10. Exclusive Freestyle
11. We Got The Brown
12. Want My Spot Back
13. Poppin In The Hood
14. Where U At?
15. My Lil Nigga
16. Cubans money
17. Ride That 5
18. We Some Riders
19. Outro

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions[7]			Album
		U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	U.S. Latin
2000	"Flowers for the Dead" (featuring D'mingo)	50	2	—	24K
	"Still Telling Lies" (featuring Tony Sunshine)	92	—	—
2005	"Sugar Daddy" (featuring Mýa)	—	—	—	Chain Reaction
	"Scandalous" (featuring Don Omar)	—	—	45

Guest appearances

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		U.S.	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap
1997	"Off the Books" (The Beatnuts ft. Big Pun)	86	52	12	Stone Crazy
1997	"Some 1 2 Hold" (Veronica ft. Big Pun)	-	101	-	Rise
1997	"Must Be The Music" (DJ Skribble ft. Big Pun)	-	-	-	Traffic Jams
1998	"On the Mic" (DJ Honda ft. JuJu, Al' Tariq & Missin Linx)	-	89	-	h II
1998	"Glamour Life" (Big Pun ft. Fat Joe, Triple Seis & Armageddon)	-	-	-	Capital Punishment
1998	"Bet Ya Man Can't (Triz)" (Fat Joe ft. Big Pun & Triple Seis)	-	54	37	Don Cartagena
1998	"None Like You (Remix)" (Aaron Hall ft. Big Pun, Fat Joe & Unique)	-	-	-	Inside of You
1998	"Quiet On The Set" (Various Artists ft. Big Pun & Fat Joe)	-	-	-	Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A. 10th Anniversary Tribute
1999	"When I Die" (Krayzie Bone ft. Fat Joe & Big Pun)	-	-	-	Thug Mentality 1999
1999	"Slam Pit" (The Beatnuts ft. Common)	35	10	-	A Musical Massacre
2000	"We Don't Care" (Big Pun)	-	-	-	Yeeeah Baby
2000	"Hey Luv" (D.I.T.C. ft. Milano)	-	-	-	Worldwide (D.I.T.C. album)
2000	"All I Want Is You" (Jon B)	-	-	-	Pleasures U Like
2000	"Slippery When Wet" (Luther Campbell ft. Big Pun & Armageddon)	-	-	-	Luke's Freak Fest 2000
2001	"Dyin 4 Rap (Remix)" (Fredro Starr ft. C-N-N & Young Noble)	-	-	-	Firestarr
2001	"Live at Jimmy's" (Angie Martinez ft. Big Pun, Sunkiss & Domingo)	-	-	-	Up Close and Personal
2001	"Straight Blazin" (Various Artists)	-	-	-	Blazin Soundtrack
2002	"Don't Fight No More" (Luc Duc ft. One Solo)	-	-	-	In My Own World
2004	"Drinks Up" (Triple Seis)	-	-	-	Only Time'll Tell
2004	"Be About It" (Triple Seis)	-	-	-	Only Time'll Tell
2006	"Rock Solid" (Wade Waters)	-	-	-	Dark Water

Unreleased Tracks (Alphabetical Order)

• Ain't No Sunshine ft. Tony Sunshine
• All I Need ft. Rican
• Asi Yo Soy ft. Zaturnom.,
• Big Shots ft. One Solo & Figgaraw
• Block Start ft. Delio & Misterio
• BMF Remix ft. Pablo Escobar & Armaredda
• Brothers ft. Nino Bless, Krutch, & Big Lou
• BX (Remix) ft. Darq
• Chips Are Down
• Cock Back & Let Em Spray ft. Rob Lebron
• Dance
• Dancin & Groovin
• DJ Camilo freestyle ft. Triple Seis
• Down With You
• Excuse Me Father ft. One Solo
• Flashlight (Look Around) ft. Illfamed
• Freestyle Over Snoop Beat
• Freestyle Over Xzibit's "Speed Of Light" ft. Big Pun & Armageddon
• Go On ft. Squabble
• Hijo De La Calle ft. Chikitin
• Heavy Chains ft. Zay & Nat Turner
• Hennessey ft. Jammer & Monkey
• He's Snitchin ft. Jay Benjamins
• Hit Em Up II
• I Miss You
• Im Still Here ft. Zay
• Im That Gangsta ft. One Solo
• Ima Start A Riot ft. Hard Hitta
• In Thugs We Trust ft. K-Rouger & Layzie Bone
• It's Not A Game ft. Calico
• Lace Up ft. Figgaraw
• Let It Go ft. Jay Benjamins & Gennessee
• Let The Dollars Circulate ft. Poe Rilla
• Lets Make Love ft. Deep Side
• Libertad ft. Mely Mel & Poe Rilla
• Long Way To Go ft. Mass Hurrikanes
• Moment Of Truth ft. Remy Ma & Triple Seis
• My Lady ft. James Ramsey
• Nadie Como Yo ft. Arianna Puello
• No Hay ft. Algenis & Nengo Flow
• No Mercy ft. Game
• No Respect ft. MC Ceja
• No Te Culpare ft. Richie Rivera
• Nos Tienen Miedo ft. Kastro, Temperamento, Noztra, Reychesta Secret Weapon, Aro Sanchez, Eddy Ness, Luciano, Poe Rilla, & Nox
• Nos Tienen Miedo II ft. Por Rilla, Mely Mel, El Pope, Zaturno, Reychesta, Pato Pooh, K. Sikario, & Temperamento
• Orgullo Latino ft. Hustla
• Quiet Storm [produced by Acestar]
• Pimpen Ain't Easy ft. Willie Stubz
• Scarface II
• Shawty What Your Name Is ft. Trey Songz
• Somos Calle ft. Leroy
• Somos Latinos ft. Nubia
• Ready To roll ft. Phame aka Latin Stax
• Real Recognize Real
• Shake Dat Thang ft. D.C.
• Take A Look At Me Now
• Take It In Blood ft. Zay
• Thank You Mi Amor ft. Crystal Sierra
• The Block Is Hot ft. Poe Rilla, S1, Zay, & Mysonne
• The Bronx Is Back ft. Remy Ma, Mysonne, Lord Tariq, Superb, Craze-A 730, Night, MV, & Big Will
• This Is How We Roll ft. O-Mega
• U Know Ima Ryda ft. D-Cell
• Up In Smoke ft. Triple Seis
• Up In The Club ft. Elan Luz Rivera
• Walking In The Rain ft. J-Loc
• We Out To Get Paid ft. Bimbo
• Welcome To CLK
• What You Gonna Do ft. Don Omar & Nengo Flow
• Where You At ft. Don Dinero
• Y'all Don't Want It ft. Figgaraw
• You Ain't No Gangsta ft. Big Lou
• You Know Whats Up (Remix) ft. Donnell Jones, Xzibit, Pharaoh Monch, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, & Treach
• You're Not Hood (DJ Khalid & Rick Ross Diss) ft. Big Will
• You've Been Robbed (Fat Joe Diss)

References

1. "Cuban Link's hi5 profile". Retrieved 2009-05-14.
2. Azpiri, Jon. "Cuban Link > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
3. "Cuban Link - Full Biography". MTV. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
4. Reid, Shaheem (2003-02-03). "Cuban Link". Mixtape Mondays (MTV News). Retrieved 2009-06-23.
5. Gutierrez, Evan C. (2005-08-16). "Chain Reaction > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
6. "Artist Chart History - Cuban Link - Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
7. "Artist Chart History - Cuban Link - Singles". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

External links

• Cuban Link official Hi5
• Cuban Link on Twitter
• Cuban Link interview with pictures
• Cuban Link on Facebook