Lido Pimienta is at home in Toronto the day after releasing yet another visual feat — this time, it’s the Orly Anan-directed video for her song “Coming Thru,” which features her presiding over an opulent table that brims with lush fruit and food. Her son, Lucian, chatters happily in the …
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While Puerto Rico gets much of the shine, thanks in no small part to its historic role in cultivating reggaetón’s roots as well as the contemporary exploits of one Bad Bunny, Colombia effectively serves as Latin music’s modern epicenter. Of the finite number of top tier Spanish-language artists active today, …
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Grammy-nominated DJ/producer Steve Aoki — founder of Dim Mak Records — has founded a new Latin music imprint called Dim Mak En Fuego. Aoki announced the new label on Wednesday, citing the support of Bryan Linares to serve as head of marketing, with the help of Christian Herrera, co-founder of …
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The drip determines everything nowadays in trap. Iced-out watches, bracelets, rings, and other bejeweled accessories signal success in line with the most braggadocious of a given rapper’s bars. But the coldness goes deeper than swag on “Hielo,” the latest single by Puerto Rican urbano artist Eladio Carrión and hit-making songwriter …
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In case you missed it, here are some highlights from this week in Latinmusic —now with a Spotify playlist! Maluma Welcomes Jennifer Lopez to the Stage at Madison Square Garden Colombian pop star Maluma sold out Madison Square Garden for his second time ever on Friday night, during the New …
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J Balvin and Bad Bunny, urbano’s two most stellar acts, both made their VMAs debut on Monday night with a pop-art performance of “Qué Pretendes,” their lead single off their intrepid joint album, Oasis, released in June. Dressed in comically long-limbed inflatable suits, the pair channeled the pop absurdism of …
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This Friday Mexican norteño legends Los Tigres del Norte release “La Prisión de Folsom (Folsom Prison Blues),” the lead single and video from the band’s upcoming Netflix Original Documentary, Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison, along with asoundtrack album of the same name. Both are due out in September, …
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