Latin Music

When asked about her age, Afro-Indigenous-Venezuelan producer and songwriter Gotopo doesn’t give an exact number. Instead, her answer sounds like one of the lyrics of Sacúdete, her recent debut EP. “I am older than all the trees that surround me,” she tells Rolling Stone via Zoom one afternoon from a …

The two biggest acts in Música Mexicana come together to maximize their joint slay. On Friday, Peso Pluma released “Tulum,” the playful, norteño-pop single featuring the boys of Grupo Frontera, along with a colorful, beachside video. Peso and Frontera’s Adelaido Solis sing to a past love interest who’s moved on …

De La Ghetto has been a towering figure in the Latin music industry. The Puerto Rican artist, known for making major reggaeton hits, has always swerved between genres, adding in dashes of rap and R&B to his smooth sound and staying on top of rising artists before the masses. In …

Jenni Rivera’s children always wondered what sort of music their mom left behind after she tragically died in 2012. What would her music sound like if she was still alive today? What would she have wanted her legacy to be? Months ago, Rivera’s youngest child Johnny made it his goal …

Becky G dropped her latest single “La Nena” on Wednesday alongside Mexican singer-songwriter Gabito Ballesteros. The summer track was created and produced by Edgar Barrera and Ballesteros, and follows “The Fire Inside” released earlier this month from the soundtrack to the Eva Longoria-directed film Flamin’ Hot. “La Nena” offers a …

Reggaeton star Justin Quiles will embark on his first official U.S. tour this fall, Rolling Stone can exclusively announce. “I’m so excited to be kicking off my tour,” he tells Rolling Stone. “My fans have been asking for so long and I’m happy to finally be able to deliver this …

On Friday night, a massive, sold-out crowd began flooding into United Palace, the gilded theater in Washington Heights that’s become a rite of passage for major Latin stars, Bad Bunny and El Alfa included. An enthusiastic audience, primarily made up of Dominican women, turned out for an unprecedented event: Mujeres …

Colombian reggaeton star Feid looked out into a crowd of 18,500 people during his second sold-out show at Puerto Rico’s José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum on Friday night. Nearly every person was wearing green, just as he’d asked fans to do, and matching light-up wristbands given out at the entrance. He’d …

In his brownstone in Manhattan’s Chelsea district, Rubén Blades is wrapping up a call with a business associate when one last question comes to mind:“Hey, when you seeing Bad Bunny?” The friend doesn’t know. “Just tell him that I would like for him to help me in a production of …

Yahritza Martinez’s voice adds an extra tinge of desamor and pain on a new remix of the already heartbreaking “Qué Agonía” by Ángela Aguilar and Yuridia. “The moment we’ve all been waiting for…” wrote Yahritza on Instagram teasing the collab earlier this week. The official remix arrives months after Yahritza …