[MUSIC PLAYING]
RYAN DUFFY: Whereas in America, hip-hop long ago
migrated from the ghettos to the gated communities, in
Venezuela it's all of the guns, none of the glamour, and
more of the violence.
So we headed back to Petare to meet up with El Prieto, the
king of Venezuelan hip-hop.
EL PRIETO: [RAPPING IN SPANISH]
RYAN DUFFY: As a former member of the massively popular
hip-hop collective Guerrilla Seca, Prieto commands the
respect of Petare and was an ideal insider tour guide
through the city's most dangerous slums.
Did you just catch that teenager with a handgun?
MALE SPEAKER 1: Did you just see that?
MALE SPEAKER 2: He's our security.
RYAN DUFFY: Oh, he's with security.
All right.
Don't worry.
The teenager with the handgun is our security apparently.
We headed up to El Prieto's house where his underage
security detail was standing guard.
How are you doing?
I'll shake that hand without the gun in it.
Can you talk a little bit about the way that growing up
here has influenced your music career?
EL PRIETO: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
RYAN DUFFY: Sorry, that little child has a huge gun.
Right behind that wall.
Sorry, it's a little bit distracting.
EL PRIETO: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
RYAN DUFFY: It's not something I'm used to
seeing all the time.
I understand it's different for you.
EL PRIETO: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
MALE SPEAKER 3: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
EL PRIETO: [SPEAKING SPANISH]
RYAN DUFFY: Considering all the 13-year-olds we saw
carrying guns, this seemed like a reasonable prediction.
Before we left, Prieto quieted the streets so he could show
off his freestyle skills.
EL PRIETO: [RAPPING IN SPANISH]
RYAN DUFFY:
EL PRIETO: [RAPPING IN SPANISH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
RYAN DUFFY: Prieto's optimism was a nice closing note.
But he was also flanked by a bunch of guys
with guns at the time.
While all these guns look great in his music videos, in
the streets of Caracas they're a terrifying reminder of
Venezuela's epidemic of violence, and could very well
be the undoing of Chavez's socialist revolution.
[MUSIC PLAYING]