 New York City's Puerto Rican community contributed to the creation of hip hop music, and to many forms of Latin music including Boogaloo, Salsa, Latin house and Freestyle.Puerto Ricans in New York created their own cultural movement and cultural institutions such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.New York City also became the mecca for freestyle music in the 1980s, of which Puerto Rican singer-songwriters represented an integral component.