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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Lin-Manuel Miranda returned to the role of Alexander Hamilton for the first time in two-and-a-half years as Hamilton opened its three-week residency in Puerto Rico Friday. “I just love this island so much. And I just want it to be proud of me,” Miranda told reporters following the show’s Puerto …
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Scientists fret over the future of mankind in the face of growing misinformation in the new trailer for Let Science Speak, a six-part documentary series coming to YouTube in September. The series’ aim is to combat the “escalating efforts to suppress environmental science and silence scientists,” as well as stress …
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A week after Hurricane Maria made landfall directly over Puerto Rico, the death toll stands at 16 and millions suffer from loss of power and running water. The Category 4 hurricane – the first to hit the island since 1932 – sustained 150 mph winds and poured over 30 inches …
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