The global salsa frenzy, partly sparked by Bad Bunny with his No. 1 album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, will arrive on Saturday (March 14) at Vive Latino, courtesy of the legendary group El Gran Combo de ...

The Afro-Uruguayan rhythms, born among enslaved Africans and once banned, now draws thousands to public squares and carnival parades ...

Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million ...

Reggaeton has indeed increased in popularity in the age of Bad Bunny. In “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR,” a song from his 2025 album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” he states that he and reggaeton were born in Puerto ...

I, like at least 128 million others, spent Feb. 8 watching Bad Bunny perform in the Super Bowl halftime show. And like most of those 128 million, I loved the performance; it was rich with cultural ...

A son of Puerto Rican parents who grew up in the Bronx, Barretto moved between jazz and Latin music with relentless creativity. Hear 12 indestructible tracks.

Today, reggaetón is associated with artists such as Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Karol G and J Balvin, but the genre had its ...

For local SUNY Oneonta faculty and student leaders, the “Benito phenomenon” is more than a musical trend; it is a catalyst ...

Emerging from a swirl of sonic influences, reggaeton began as Panamanian protest music long before Puerto Rican artists ...

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The news of Willie Colón’s passing at 75 hit hard Saturday morning. Those of us of a certain age remember the defiance of the ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is continuing its efforts to support Black churches across America by awarding $8.5 million in grants to ...