Latin music history and what is coming out now — the dembow that built reggaeton, salsa born in New York, corridos tumbados taking the charts, and the artists moving it forward.
The short version: In the regional mexican vs reggaeton story, regional Mexican music pulled ahead on Billboard in 2023 because corridos tumbados, led by Peso Pluma, fused traditional guitar-and-brass ballads with trap energy. Regional Mexican streams grew 60 percent in the U.S. that year,...
When Toronto's Latino artists want a big stage, they usually leave. For one night at NXNE, PAPI AQ made everybody come to us — filmed at Poetry Jazz Cafe, directed by Diego Vara.
It's Caribbean American Heritage Month. Hip-hop, jerk chicken, Carnival, and a first-ever presidential run — all carry Caribbean roots most people miss.
Wepa is a Spanish exclamation of joy, pride and approval, closest to “woo-hoo!” in English. What it means, where it came from, and why nobody can prove it.
