Marjua Estevez

Reggaeton’s trajectory from el barrio to mass appeal is repeated regularly: In the late ‘80s, Spanish-language reggae traveled from Panama and establis

One of the primary reasons families from around Latin America risk such a perilous passage to the global north is because they believe it is safer than sta

We’re only three years into the decade, but Latine artists have been really killing it in the 2020s. In 2022, these genres, often lumped together under t

Over the decades, popular culture has created dominant narratives of the Dominican Republic that are most often synonymous with poverty, crime, or state vi

On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena was transformed in a kaleidoscopic burst of color as Bad Bunny lifted the curtain on the 65th annual Gram

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comments from Americano Media. In recent political elections, far-right Spanish-language talkin

From the moment Melissa De Sousa is introduced as Murch’s snarky and domineering girlfriend Shelby in 1999’s The Best Man, to when she reprises her

Few record drops raise the hair on my neck like the high-pitched staccato boom intro of “Pa’ Que Retozen,” the landmark lead from Tego Calderón’s

Born to traditional Latine and Black American parents in the Bronx, Jharrel Jerome was tasked with discovering what personally tethered him to the characte

Music is a powerful catalyst in evoking memories of a time and place that’s far away. In the 2017 Oscar-winning animated fantasy “Coco,” it’s the s

Anyone who attended Florida A&M University will triumphantly tell you she was built on the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, Florida. It was proud

Daniel Baker and Joel Martinez, professionally known as Desus Nice and the Kid Mero, remind me of my own cousins. It was standard routine on Saturday after

Less than two weeks after the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, which targeted Black patrons, another senseless massacre in Texas claime

Several months before Payton S. Gendron carried out a racist mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, which targeted Black patrons, the 18-year

On April 22, Dominican rapper Rochy RD was arrested in Santo Domingo for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor and participating in child sex trafficking.

In 2010, Carla Morrison released “Compartir,” a sentimental love ballad expressing the yearn and angst of wanting to share life with someone who is far

Ten years later, Dominican dembow is neck-deep in a contemporary revival and progressive usher into the mainstream—but women and nonbinary artists are be

Goyo’s objective in music was clear from the start: “Chocquibtown was born out of love and a sense of responsibility to our people and where we come fr