Washington Heights has always felt like home. As a first-generation Domincan growing up in New York City, I spent most weekends there as a child visiting my grandmother and cousins. My grandmother still has that tiny apartment on 164th and Fort Washington Ave. The Heights was always the go to spot to find all the […]
Read MoreSky Rompiendo always knew he wanted to make music. The Colombian mega-producer first fell in love with hip hop as a teen and used that sonic inspiration to later create some of your favorite reggaeton songs to date. “I used to go to Tower Records in Medellin, and the only thing that I could reach […]
Read MoreA few years ago, LASTMONDAY, born Armani Valdez, was bouncing between The City College of New York and The New York Institute of Technology in pursuit of an architecture degree. Eventually, the 25-year-old would trade design sketches for beat making sessions in the booth. He didn’t always know being a musician could be a possibility, […]
Read MoreIn the video for Cardi B’s latest single, “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, the Bronx-bred Afro-Caribbean superstar and the self-proclaimed “hot girl Meg” lay on a bed of sand surrounded—and even partially enveloped—by snakes. As the camera pans, the two women touch each other seductively, spelling out their desires to be pleased by a man […]
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