The Mission District, also commonly called "The Mission", is a neighborhood in San Francisco, named after the sixth Alta California mission, Mission San Francisco de Asis. The neighborhood is ethnically and economically diverse, with a population that is half Latino, a third White, and 11 percent Asian. The Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts, established by Latino artists and activists, is an art space.

The Mission District is also very popular for it's influencing Hip-Hop/Rap music scene. Record labels like Black N Brown/ Thizz Latin and Hometeam Ent. help put Mission District rappers, like Goldtoes, Gangsta Flea, Mr. Kee, Friscasso, 10sion, The Goodfelonz, and Don Louis & Colicious, get exposure through various compilations such as 17 Reasons, 18 Wit A Bullet, Organized Crime, Filthy Livin' In The Mission, The Daily Grind 'Fillmoe 2 Da Mission,' and many others. There is a new generation of young and upcoming rappers who are emerging from this neighborhood such as G-One (R.I.P.), Young Mix, Los Da Rockstar, DJ Blaze, Loco C, and Yung Dunn to name a few. The Mission District Hip Hop/Rap scene is heavily influenced by the illegal drug trafficking, gang activity, and other organized crime that occurs in the Mission District.

Highlights of the Inner Mission
- Carnaval San Francisco held on the 4th Sunday in May on Memorial Day Weekend is the largest ethnic event on the West Coast
- Murals initiated by the Chicano Art Mural Movement of the 1970s and inspired by the traditional Mexican paintings made famous by Diego Rivera
- Dolores Park, officially Mission Dolores Park, bounded by Dolores Street, Church Street, 18th Street, and 20th Street.
- Every Thursday night, poets, musicians, emcees, and other artists gather on the southwest corner of the 16th & Mission intersection to perform.
- The Roxie Cinema and the Victoria Theatre on 16th Street are the only remaining neighborhood movie theatres in the Mission.
- Intersection for the Arts, the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco. Longtime artistic and community hub for residents of the Mission.
- Mexican food, especially burritos; the Mission district is the original home of the San Francisco burrito style.
- Restaurants serving the cuisines of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Japan, Italy, China, Peru, Cambodia, Honduras, Vietnam, Ethiopia, France, Morocco, Germany, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and Turkey, among others.

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