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Latinz Goin’ Platinum: At The Dawn Of Reggaetón’s Boom, Tony Touch United Latinx Hip-Hop

Gary Suarez — Thu, 21 May 2020 13:53:53 +0000

Latinxs are more visible in American hip-hop than ever before, but yet still so obscured. Despite being part of this music from the very beginning, from the first Kool Herc party in the Bronx, Latinxs are still treated as second-class citizens in a genre we not only helped birth but have participated in as artists,

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Latinz Goin’ Platinum: How a Gang Peace Treaty in The Bronx Helped Forge Hip-Hop

Gary Suarez — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:06:46 +0000

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Latinz Goin’ Platinum: 20 Years After Big Pun’s Death, NYC’s Latin Rap Legacy Is Still Felt

Gary Suarez — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:53:06 +0000

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Daddy Yankee’s “Con Calma” Started a Novelty Single Trend. It’s Time to Put it to Rest

Gary Suarez — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:07:31 +0000

Just two weeks into 2020, música urbana’s biggest stars are already fully engaged in a battle for reggaetón dominance. Coming off a landmark year of global commercial wins, J Balvin unveiled his second straight color-themed single in a row, trading the ascetic purity of last year’s “Blanco” for the violaceous excess of “Morado.” Around the

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Op-Ed: Many Had no Problem With 6ix9ine Until he Snitched, & That’s a Problem

Gary Suarez — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:53:18 +0000

For as long as we learned who 6ix9ine was, we knew the kind of person he was. This rainbow-headed, face-tatted young Brooklynite presented himself as a villain, a veritable comic book baddie for a new generation of hip-hop listeners. Capped off last week by testimony in open court against his gang-affiliated business associates and friends,

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Urbano Is Breaking U.S. Streaming Records, But English-Language Media Hasn’t Caught Up Yet

Gary Suarez — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 19:53:32 +0000

Last week, two of music’s biggest names respectively achieved YouTube milestones. The music video for Drake’s 2018 hit single “God’s Plan” officially crossed the one billion plays threshold. So too did Daddy Yankee’s “Con Calma,” his latest hit making big moves on the Billboard charts. Yet amid the ceaseless stream of Drake coverage surrounding the

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On New Album, Fuego Says ‘You’re Welcome’ to the Urbano Movement He Helped Foster

Gary Suarez — Fri, 31 May 2019 18:54:06 +0000

Fuego has been a pivotal part of música urbana for longer than many people realize. Native to the metropolitan Washington D.C. area, the Dominican-American artist born Miguel Ángel Durán Jr. began working as a reggaetonero with the likes of Chencho and Boy Wonder over a decade ago. Yet despite being an early adopter of the

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Op-Ed: How Spanish-Language Media Is Complicit in 6ix9ine’s Rise in Latin Trap

Gary Suarez — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 21:59:42 +0000

Tekashi 6ix9ine is one of the most talked about rappers in the game right now. The New York City-based artist of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, who was born Daniel Hernandez, broke out of the SoundCloud pack with the shouty 2017 hit “Gummo,” a referential headnod to the shockingly nihilistic 1997 Harmony Korine film of

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