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thefader.comIf the Puerto Rican filmmaker Omar Acosta wanted to hear new music as a teenager in early ‘90s-era San Juan, he had to hit the pavement.
In those days Acosta would roam the streets, seeking out a particular car belonging to a local DJ named Playero, who sold cassette tapes out of his truck or from the tape deck itself for $5.
Known for putting on sounds coursing through the island at the time, including hip-hop to dancehall tracks, Playero’s raw tapes had no tracks listed on them.
Therein lay the thrill: Anything could be on there. Shortly before moving with his family to New York City, Acosta found Playero on the street and bought a tape called Playero 37.
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