A new wave of Latinx artists – among them, Kelman Duran, DJ Python and Tomasa del Real – are shaping the world-conquering reggaeton sound made famous by Daddy Yankee and J Balvin into radical sounds.
I was maybe 11 or 12 years old when I first heard of El General. His songs were already extremely popular, and he was a consolidated artist. I don't think I had heard music like his before. The beat ...
It’s a foggy May evening at La Marina, a bar and lounge nestled along the Hudson River at the northern tip of Manhattan. Behind the dock, sweltering Caribbean dance grooves blast from an outdoor sound ...
Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on San Antonio news, culture, and events. Get our free newsletters in your inbox three times a week. DJ Papote brings his Puerto Rican hip-hop ...
Oswaldo Nava, also known as DJ Sueño, is a pre-eminent figure in what's been dubbed as the cumbiatón or reggaeton mexa movement. This genre, of growing popularity in the Mexican music landscape, is a ...
Decades ago, Ivy Queen was preparing for the biggest audition of her life: She was about to rap in front of Puerto Rico’s legendary DJ Negro to prove that she had the skills to become a member of the ...
In a packed nightclub in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, spiffed up young men and women danced perreo, facing the stage, hips jostling against one another as the women bent to the floor. There was an ...
The ecstatic roars from Latino kids in replica shirts of Colombia's football team could make one think one of their star players was on show. Instead, three fresh-faced youths bound across the Central ...