On Monarca, the Puerto Rican rapper Eladio Carrion stretches the bounds of trap en español without ever abandoning its core. The follow-up to his 2020 debut, Sauce Boyz, Carrion’s latest album riffs on spiky trap corridos, drippy emo-rap, and bludgeoning drill sounds while pulling an unexpected roster of collaborators into …
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Aventura’s reunion tour is doing very well in the U.S., further proving that the influence of Latin music in America is stronger than ever. The Romeo Santos-fronted group, which experienced stratospheric success in the early 2000s with the global bachata hit “Obsesión,” is now back on the road for the …
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(UPDATE: Click here for the full list of winners from Premio Lo Nuestro 2020.) J Balvin, Daddy Yankee, Karol G and more will be top honorees at the 32nd annual Premio Lo Nuestro, the longest-running awards show on Spanish-language television. A celebration of Latin music’s best and brightest acts today, …
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Jennifer Lopez and Shakira dominated the stage at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show on Sunday night. Together the divas brought over 60,000 football fans to their feet at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, with an electrifying medley of songs old and new. Shakira kicked off the show with a parade …
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“Music is the thing that saved me,” says Mexican superstar Paulina Rubio. Music is what she has known her whole life, or at least, ever since she made her early Eighties debut in the popular teen group, Timbiriche. But in 1992, Rubio broke away from the pack to launch her …
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