The New Breed

New Breed is a brother-sister Christian hip-hop duo out of the Puerto Rican streets of Boston, MA. Co-MCs Macho and Elsie Ortega first appeared as part of the Tunnel Rats, the underground Christian hip-hop collective based in California. Macho and Elsie rapped throughout tracks on that group's breakthrough 2001 release, Tunnel Vision, paving the way for their own full-length. Stop the Music was issued by Christian hip-hop upstart Uprok in early 2002; it included contributions from the Rats' Raphi as well as CCM underground heavyweights LPG. Stop the Music showcased Macho and E...