Latin Music

After a solid 12 days of protesting Puerto Rico’s soon-to-be-ex-Governor Ricardo Rosselló, Residente and Bad Bunny, comrades in Boricua struggle, return to what made them friends in the first place: their music. The two released a jaunty reggaeton single Friday morning titled “Bellacoso,” along with a video directed by Paris-based …

When indie luminary Manu Chao first released his 1998 debut, Clandestino — and the song of the same title — he sought to humanize the millions of migrants, survivors of civil war and poverty, hustling to survive on the mean streets of European cities. Often derided as “clandestinos,” or what …

In May, almost exactly 13 years after Reik released their debut album, the Mexican trio scored their first Number One hit on the Latin Airplay chart: “Me Niego,”an indomitable, reggaeton-laced collaboration with the youthful hook-master Ozuna and the veteran rapper Wisin. The combination of molten pleading from Reik’s lead singer,Jesús …