Puerto Rican media sites published what they alleged to be a court filing on Monday indicating that the record label behind superstar rapper Bad Bunny and other top Latin artists received major funding from a former official in Hugo Chávez’s socialist dictatorship.
The artist and music historian is amplifying voices and calling out the erasure of Black Latino contributions to music through her platform, Reggaeton Con La Gata.
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BOGOTA "Despacito," the title of this summer s hit song by Luis Fonsi, means "slowly" in Spanish. Listening to it is like drinking an unsavory broth. Slowly.
It s my own silly fault really for being exposed to it, namely by opening a Spotify account and asking my children, aged 9 and 6, to.