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What Are Corridos Tumbados? The Genre That Took Over From LA

What are corridos tumbados? The trap-inflected corridos born in an LA label in 2019 that put Peso Pluma in the Billboard top 5. History, sound, the bans and who to hear now.
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Latin Grammys 2026 Nominations: How Our Predictions Did

Latin Grammys 2026 nominations are out. Edgar Barrera leads with 10; Rosalía, Karol G, Drexler and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso have 7 each. Our scorecard before Nov 12.
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What Is Son Cubano? The Music Salsa Was Built On

UNESCO inscribed Cuban son in December 2025. It came out of eastern Cuba in the 1800s, and almost everything that followed was built on it.
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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.

By Jasmin Mombourquette instagram: @jazmynlo You know the ex you can’t seem to move on...
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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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Día de los Muertos Ofrenda: What Every Item on the Altar Actually Means

Ofrenda meaning, item by item: why the marigolds, the salt, the water, the papel picado, the dog, the levels, and what goes on the altar for children vs adults on Nov 1 and 2.
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Día de la Raza: Why Most of Latin America Stopped Calling It Columbus Day

Día de la Raza meaning: what October 12 commemorates, why Spain, Mexico and Argentina named it that in the 1910s–20s, and the ten different names Latin America uses for it now.
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What Are Corridos Tumbados? The Genre That Took Over From LA

What are corridos tumbados? The trap-inflected corridos born in an LA label in 2019 that put Peso Pluma in the Billboard top 5. History, sound, the bans and who to hear now.
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What Is El Grito de Dolores? Mexico’s Independence, Explained

The shout that started Mexico’s war in 1810 — and why the ceremony happens on 15 September while the holiday is the 16th.