Puerto Rican singer Residente performs in Havana in 2010. His back reads, 'We receive flowers and bullets in the very same heart.' STR/AFP via Getty Images ...
In the last decade alone, the entire Latin music industry has seen a tremendous transformation. Latin music’s hip-hop genre is no exception, having evolved time and time again since its inception in ...
Latin hip-hop found its footing in the bicoastal stomping grounds of the East and West Coasts where Spanglish-speaking communities were influenced and surrounded by urban rap and trap. Today that ...
(L to R) InnocentMind and Power 106fm’s Big Boy. *“I’ve been at it for a minute. I started as a drummer,” said Latin Rapper Wilson Sandoval, known on stage as InnocentMind, about his new studio ...
Fat Joe, N.O.R.E., Myke Towers, Snow Tha Product, and more appear in a new documentary. As part of Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary in 2023, Amazon Music will explore the contributions of Latin recording ...
Puerto Ricans are constantly calling Power 96 to play the new Ozuna, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny. That trunk-rattling bass with booming 808s and mumbled Spanish lyrics you hear over a gritty beat while ...
Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...
Latin trap is getting its time to shine in Miami. Most recently, Farruko, a Puerto Rican artist, hosted a leg of his TrapXFicante tour at the James L. Knight Center with a lineup of artists making ...
Alejandro Nava is affiliated with Casa Alitas, a non-profit organization that works with refugees and asylum-seekers. As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly ...