T he streets surrounding the Angel of Independence in Mexico City filled with smiling faces on a warm night in mid-August. People waved flags, crowds chanted and clapped, and cars honked their horns. If this were any other night, you might assume a major soccer team had just earned a …
Read More »
Pura loquera in Rauw Alejandro‘s new video. On Monday, the Puerto Rican star went full-throttle with the perreo-inducing sounds on his new single “Lokera,” which features fellow boricuas Brray and Lyanno, proving that summer is far from over. The video — which captures the three artists going wild at a …
Read More »
On Tuesday, the FBI arrested two música Mexicana record label executives for doing business with a concert promoter with alleged ties to Mexican drug cartels in 2018. Angel Del Villar, CEO of Del Records, and Luis Scalisi, CFO of subsidiary Del Entertainment, were arrested and later released on bail for …
Read More »
Karol G was undoubtedly a Coachella standout after slaying the main stage the last two weekends. Now, she’s taking her show on the road with her 30-stop “$trip Love Tour,” starting early September. The trek will launch Sept. 6 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago and wrap Oct. 29 at …
Read More »
Farruko has been honest about embracing religion following the wild success of his 2021 hit,“Pepas.” “Me, being number one, having the best cars, having it all, I couldn’t see my children,” he said at a concert in Miami this February, according to Billboard. “I destroyed my first family. I hurt …
Read More »
Maluma has released a new single, “Mojando Asientos,” featuring Feid. The singer self-directed the music video for the track along with Cesar “Tes” Pimienta and Rayner Alba “Phraa” via his own production company, Royalty Films. The cinematic video was filmed in Maluma’s hometown of Medellin, Colombia and marks the singer’s …
Read More »
The 21-year-old rapper Ankhal suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a shooting in Puerto Rico’s Fajardo region on Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Fajardo police department confirmed to Rolling Stone. Police responded to a 911 call at 10:17 p.m. and arrived at Las Flores Avenue in the Florencio neighborhood in Fajardo, where …
Read More »
When he began working on the music for Disney’s animated film Encanto five years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda admits he didn’t know all that much about Colombian music. “I had a beginner’s understanding, or a layman’s understanding, of Colombian music going into this project,” he says. “I knew Shakira, I knew …
Read More »
Reggaetón, Latin trap, and corridos tumbados are coming to Rosarito Beach in August. On Friday, Baja Beach Fest announced the star-studded lineup for its two-weekend festival, which features the likes of Maluma, Banda MS, and Daddy Yankee. Returning as a headliner is Anuel AA, who’ll headline the musical event’s first …
Read More »
Felicilandia, the versatile new album from the rapper Álvaro Díaz, is a tribute to an amusement park in Puerto Rico, where he used to have birthday parties as a kid — only Díaz has reimagined that park as a place “where sad kids go to find happiness.” Everything from the …
Read More »