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Why Selena Quintanilla Still Matters 30 Years Later

Thirty years after her murder, Selena is bigger than she was in life. The Grammy, the No. 1 album she never saw, and the in-between she made into an identity.
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Where Did Cumbia Come From? Colombia’s Coast, Explained

Cumbia began where African, Indigenous and Spanish traditions met on Colombia’s Caribbean coast — and became the most widely adopted rhythm in Latin America.
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Regional Mexican vs Reggaeton: How Corridos Tumbados Overtook the Charts

The short version: In the regional mexican vs reggaeton story, regional Mexican music pulled...
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PAPI AQ x NXNE – Wehpa: Bringing It All Back to the Six

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.
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Hip-Hop Was Invented by a Jamaican Immigrant — and 6 Other Things the Caribbean Gave America

It's Caribbean American Heritage Month. Hip-hop, jerk chicken, Carnival, and a first-ever presidential run — all carry Caribbean roots most people miss.
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Bruno Mars Is Half Puerto Rican, Half Filipino — And That’s the Whole Sound

Bruno Mars's career hits — funk, reggae, doo-wop, soul — all trace back to his Puerto Rican father, Filipino mother, and Hawaiian childhood.
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Jon Kabongo From Hoops to Hip-Hop.

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Papi AQ – ReWine ft. Lexicon

In the last few years there has been an overwhelming surge in the popularity...
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The 4 Reggaeton Moguls Who Built the Business

God Fathers of Reggaeton AKA Reggaeton Moguls  When we hear "mogul," we think of Sean...
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Matador – Music Drop

Matador was created by 4 artists in 4 different countries that with their own...
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Chacalizacion Toronto – El Chacal

With a unique style, charismatic stage presence and a lot of energy. El Chacal...
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GOAT DADDY YANKEE IS RETIRING. WHO WILL HE PASS THE TORCH TO?

Update, 2026: this article was written in April 2022, when Daddy Yankee’s retirement had...
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César Chávez and Dolores Huerta: How the Farmworkers Won

They co-founded the UFW in 1962 and beat California’s growers without a single violent act. The strike was started by Filipino workers — a week before the version most people remember.
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Who Was Víctor Jara? The Singer Chile’s Dictatorship Killed

Chile’s greatest folk voice was arrested the day after the 1973 coup and shot dead three days later. Fifty years on, the courts finally ruled.
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Vanilla Came From Mexico — But Two Things Everyone Says About It Are Wrong

The Totonac cultivated vanilla first; that part is solid. The famous Melipona bee and the boy who supposedly invented hand-pollination are both contested.
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Why Selena Quintanilla Still Matters 30 Years Later

Thirty years after her murder, Selena is bigger than she was in life. The Grammy, the No. 1 album she never saw, and the in-between she made into an identity.