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With 3MEN2 KBRN, Eladio Carrión has accomplished one of his biggest dreams: The 28 year-old Puerto Rican rap star managed to get some of his idols and hip hop contemporaries on the album, which is an 18-track mélange of trap-infused beats packed under clever lyrics and fast storylines. There’s Lil …

Puerto Rican rapper and singer Myke Towers hit the stage at the Latin Grammys with his high-energy song “Pin Pin” from his latest album Lyke Mike. During the performance, he brought an entire troupe of salsa dancers and a big brass band to back him while he spit his verses …

The past year has been a time of change at the Latin Recording Academy. In May, the Academy’s Board of Trustees announced that it would appoint former COO Manuel Abud as CEO, following the tenure of Gabriel Abaroa, who served the organization since 2003 and oversaw the telecast moving to …

Panamanian artist Sech has released a new track, “911,” as well as an accompanying music video. The track finds Sech brushing off a bad relationship, ending the chorus with a ruthless kiss off, “Si estas herida pues llama al 911, no a mí,” which translates to, “If you’re hurt then …

From the dawn of dembow to the trap en español boom, the Latin influence on hip-hop, and, in turn, rap’s impact on Latin music, have progressively led to a continuous hybridization of styles. Even before a streaming revolution and the increasingly global normalization of high-speed internet made it possible for …

J Balvin’s most trusted producer, Sky Rompiendo, soundtracks the Latino edition of Wedding Crashers in the video for his latest single, “Le Creo,” or “I Believe Her.” The jaunty new reggaeton track is sung by fellow Colombian singer and hit songwriter Feid, as well as esteemed reggaeton veterans Jowell and …

Several years ago, the singer-songwriter Maye penned a track titled “My Love.” “I was playing it locally in Miami, and every time I would play it, I would get a reaction,” she recalls. The key was a downshift into the hook: A sudden drop in tempo just as the single …

Rosalía dropped a surprise double video on Wednesday, titled “Fucking Money Man.” The new visuals are accompanied by two songs: “Milionária” and “Dio$ No$ Libre Del Dinero,” which translate to “Millionaire” and “God Save Us From Money.” If we’ve learned anything from Rosalía this year, it’s that she’s not afraid …

Rosalía will make her triumphant return home to Barcelona this weekend, with a Saturday night set at this year’s Primavera Sound festival. The 25-year-old reflected on her whirlwind year at the festival’s press conference held on Friday afternoon. “It’s been a year of very hard work, without weekends off, but …

“I felt very Beyoncé just now,” Karol G says from inside her car, during a surprise paparazzi ambush in downtown New York City. “I felt very Karol G,” she adds. It was the first of many times she’d refer to herself in third person that day: she, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, …