As one of the most influential and outspoken voices in Latin music, Residente has consistently pushed the boundaries of Spanish-language rap. Whether exploring the depths of human emotion and societal ...

Riot policemen face demonstrators during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasél in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the ...

Words rule in hip hop – most of them delivered in English, barring the occasional foray into nonsense slang. Increasingly, though, Spanish rap is coming into play. Whether in the Puerto Rican genre of ...

While Spanish rap music has long dominated music charts abroad, the genre has recently experienced an uptick in listeners based in the United States. From Justin Bieber’s feature on Daddy Yankee and ...

BROTHERS Victor and Johnny Lopez were so young when they started stealing cars and taking joy rides that their little heads barely appeared over the dashboard. They weren’t even teenagers yet and had ...

Rapping, spitting, or emceeing originated in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s, growing popularity as a genre and a cultural movement. Created by African Americans, Latino Americans, and ...

MADRID—Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced a popular singer to one year in prison for Twitter messages that were deemed to glorify terrorism and humiliate its victims, the latest application of an ...

Nicki Minaj stays profiling on her Instagram page. On Friday morning (Jan. 10), the rap vixen raised some eyebrows with her collection of titillating pics on the photo-sharing website. She also ...