The Los Angeles Blade on Wednesday interviewed the executive director of a Puerto Rico LGBTQ advocacy group.
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Writing and recording music during a global pandemic is a challenging proposition even for those artists who are lucky enough to have a streamlined home studio and a robust means of distribution. Puerto Rican rapper MalaCara has had more obstacles to hurdle.
When lockdown started in the spring, he received a pack of beats from the producer Ibn Itaka, and quickly started writing over them. The five songs he put down on paper over the next week, from the incendiary "TikTok" to the more
.The Los Angeles Blade on Wednesday interviewed the executive director of a Puerto Rico LGBTQ advocacy group.
Ricky Martin talks about his new musical project and how he’s suffered from newly found anxiety amidst the coronavirus pandemic, defining it as “A new monster” and adding, “I have seen things, I have lived, but this is a new level”. The Puerto Rican performer continues to be in quarantine with his husband Jwan Yosef, his four children and his mother.
Daddy Yankee continues demonstrating why he is the ‘Big Boss’ and the ‘King of Reggaetón’. For the seventh time in his career, the reggaeton pioneer and superstar has reached over 2 billion views on YouTube, and this time is for the music video of his song ‘Con Calma’ featuring Canadian musician and singer Snow.
Every artist needs their muse, and for reggaeton star Bad Bunny, his inspiration lies in his girlfriend, Puerto Rican model Gabriela Berlingeri. Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the "Yo Perreo Sola" rapper and the model have been romantically linked since photos of the pair attending a basketball game back in March began to make the rounds on social media.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsGuardians of the Galaxy actress Zoe Saldana addressed the controversy surrounding her casting as Nina Simone in the 2016 biopic Nina.Saldana sat down with Pose creator and executive producer Steven Canals Tuesday for a conversation about diversity, activism and identity.
WILTON MANORS, Florida — La fundadora de un grupo en el Sur de la Florida que ayuda a personas trans con VIH y inmigrantes trans habló exclusivamente con el Los Angeles Blade el 3 de agosto.
Zoe Saldana was brought to tears while apologizing for portraying singer and civil rights advocate Nina Simone in the 2016 biopic “Nina.” The “Avengers: Endgame” actress, 42, who is Dominican, Haitian and Puerto Rican, caught backlash at the time it was announced that she would be playing Simone. Many, including Simone’s daughter, believed she wasn’t a physical match for the real-life subject due to her facial features and significantly lighter skin.
Cauty has signed a deal with Universal Music Latin Entertainment, Billboard can exclusively reveal today (Aug. 6).
Nina Simone in 2016’s Nina.Saldana, who is a light-skinned black actress of Puerto Rican, Haitian and Dominican descent, was criticised for wearing dark makeup to portray the singer. Saldana also wore a full body suit, a prosthetic nose and false teeth.In an emotional new livestream published via her Instagram, Saldana expressed regret, saying she “should never have played” Simone.
Rauw Alejandro.Born and raised in Bonaire, an island municipality of the Netherlands, Ir-Sais is also half Dominican, telling Billboard that his favorite artist of all time is Romeo Santos and that he was raised with Latin music.“Dream Girl (Remix)” marks his first collaborative effort with a Latin artist.Fusing the best Caribbean rhythms found in Bonaire and Puerto Rico, the remix is a sultry dancehall-meets-reggaeton sung in Spanish and the Portuguese-based creole language.Currently with over
It’s 2020 and people are still dancing to Elvis Crespo’s 1998 song “Suavemente,” further proving that his merengue hit is timeless even over 20 years after its release.While the song continues to be all the rage at Club Quarantine, the Puerto Rican singer never stops from reinventing himself.
calma, because Pedro Capó has released a new single—and it’s perfect for quarantine. The Latin Grammy winner dropped his catchy summer track La Sábana y los Pies on Friday.
Megan Fox, 34, and Machine Gun Kelly, 30, are so cute! The couple sweetly held hands while vacationing in Puerto Rico on Friday, July 24, where they’re currently shooting a movie. MGK — born Colson Baker — opted to go shirtless, showing off his extensive collection of chest, back and arm tattoos.
Farruko has released his new single "La Tóxica" -- a core reggaetón track that takes the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter back to his roots -- today (July 24)."It's the kind of reggaetón that made me," Farruko tells Billboard. "I always experiment with different rhythms but I wanted to go back to my roots with this one."Penned by Farru, Sharo Towers, Ghetto and K4G, "La Tóxica" starts off with a simple piano tune.
Casper, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny, and Ozuna -- which landed at No. 36 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 2018 -- Nio Garcia unleashed “La Jeepeta” in January.The chorus was born inside a jeep after the power went off at Garcia’s recording studio in Puerto Rico.
Details please! Megan Fox and MGK, arguably one of the most talked about couples over the past couple of months, sat down with Lala Kent on her podcast Give Them Lala on Wednesday, July 22. They were also joined by Lala’s fiance Randall Emmett, who was the reason for these two meeting in the first place thanks to him being the producer of their film Midnight in the Switchgrass which just resumed filming in Puerto Rico after taking a 4-month break due to the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic.