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Donde Esta La Biblioteca / Spanish Rap
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About
Donde Esta La Biblioteca is a YouTube fad revolving around a Spanish rap from the NBC sitcom series Community. The phrase "donde esta la biblioteca" is a basic Spanish phrase that translates to "where is the library?" in English. It is often one of the first phrases taught in beginner's Spanish class.
Origin
Description: Abed and Troy meets …Señor Chang in Spanish 101
Season 1, episode 2 of the show Community aired in September of 2009, and was titled "Spanish 101". During the closing credis, Abed (Danny Pudi) and Troy (Donald Glover) perform a freestyle rap using rhyming Spanish words that do not form coherent sentences.
Lyrics
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Original in Spanish
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English Translation
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Spread
One of the first uploads to YouTube was September 30th, 2009, and featured two students in their cafeteria covering the original rap. A remix was posted on October 6th, 2009, that has received over 890,000 views as of May 2011.
(More can be found in the video gallery)
Search
Search queries picked up immediately following the episode's air date in September 2009, and have continued to well into 2011.
