Music

Why do we love YouTube? Because there is always original and new content showing up by the minute. Here is a bilingual song by Chico Méndez called "My Immigration Status." Since it was uploaded on late last week, it has gotten over 17,000 views and counting. Talk about honesty. Paz, Chico. Here is what Chico […]

Samuel Bazawule, also known as Blitz the Ambassador was born in culturally rich Accra, Ghana in 1982. His first music memory was at the age of eight, as he walked past a football field where a Highlife cover band was performing. Blitz was mesmerized and says, “I was amazed that these sounds could be coming […]

We love Ana Tijoux. And just when we thought we could never love her and her music more, she comes out with "Shock," for the Alto Arizona campaign. Here is the video. Here is the story behind the video: A collaboration with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), National Immigrant Youth Alliance and Puente […]

Today NYC-based rockers OUTERNATIONAL released a new video for We Are All Illegals, the eponymous single off the album released just before the New Year, Todos Somos Ilegales: We Are All Illegals. This bilingual cinema-in-sound concept album focuses on the border, the USA, and the system that criminalizes those who create the wealth it rests upon. The album features collaborators Tom Morello, […]

Yes, when we connected with Outernational a few weeks ago, we were honored to publish the second week of their TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES: WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS Tour. Guess what? Their music is badass, too. Check it out. THE BEGINNING IS HERE There comes a time, there comes a time!  To get up and out, […]

First of all, this song is good. Second of all, this whole #MarchaSoy132 movement goes beyond Mexico's opposition to the PRI. This is about the country's political machine. It is clever and it works. Our favorite part? The English in the middle.

Ay, Puerto Rico. Today, according to PrimeraHora.com, San Juan Mayor Jorge Santini Padilla will announce that Calle Austria (Austria Street) in the Puerto Nuevo section of the island capital's city will be renamed Calle Iris Chacón (Iris Chacón Street) to honor the Puerto Rican entertainer who achieved cult status in the 70s and 80s as […]

We WERE going to do a post about how amazing mothers are, and how their love for us has made us strong and confident Rebeldes, and also wax poetic about mothers. Then we say this photo and said DONE. This explained it all for us. Our moms taught us how to fight, how to speak […]

Yes, Rebel Diaz, you are Rebeldes, and we are down with it. Hunts Point, South Bronx, represent! Hit it, Rebeldes. For more on Rebel Diaz, visit RebelDiaz.com.

This morning, we found out Mike's Hard Lemonade was pushing an "Be Mariachi'd" campaign for Cuatro de Mayo (clever, right?) that quite frankly just misses and fails on so many levels. American brands are really trying hard to become more "diverse," but instead wind up mocking cultural traditions in the interest of hard-edged, quirky hipness. We […]

The "TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES/WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS" Tour, an unprecedented musical, social, political, and cultural journey that celebrates the release of Outernational's “TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES/WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS” album traveled through Arizona last week. From the account we received from Leo Mintek of Outernational below, this tour is more than just songs and an album. Instead, it uses the universal language […]

The following are the original tweets in Spanish from the official Twitter account of Los Tigres del Norte, one of the world's most popular bands, and some of the recent reactions by Mexican social media profiles regarding the decision by the city of Chihuahua to censor the band from the city for playing "for playing […]

We would like to take the opportunity to clarify a few misunderstandings about Latinos and specifically, the Latino Rebels. We’re not hard to figure out. In fact, we’re just like you. Except for one thing: we’re bicultural. We have one foot in each place: the United States and our origin of ancestry. The group of […]

¡Brillante! ¡Que lo gocen!

This meme will never go away. Maybe it is time for a "Sh*t People Say" TV channel? Here is "Sh*t Reggaetoneros Say"

Chilean MC Ana Tijoux has done it again. If you're looking for Spanish rap with a political conscience and a definite edge, Tijoux's "La Bala" is it. After getting rave reviews for her first album, "1977" and being nominated for a Grammy, the tri-lingual lyricist's new album has already built a buzz and is set […]

“Todo el tiempo andamos mezclando de español a ingles and that’s how we talk, that’s how we think and that’s the music we write.”-Gustavo Mojica     San Diego-based band, Los Hollywood, have had an exciting life since winning the MySpace Latino Battle of the Bands competition in 2008. Playing at the Latin Alternative Music […]

Today in LA at 2PM PST, New York City's Bonafide Rojas will be performing here: The Lounge at REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd Street. We love Bonafide, not only is he a great poet, author and musician, he is also a great soul. We had the chance to interview him a few months ago. Here it […]

Granted, when we first posted our initial piece about the now infamous Puerto Rican Drug Dealer Joke from the January 3 ABC premiere of "Work It," we suggested that the original joke must have been written in a sarcastic tone and that when the following scene was recorded, the sarcasm of the joke's original intent […]

San Diego-based music producer and veterano in the Latino Rap  scene, Jesse Perez (aka Shysti) has always been known to speak his mind. With his latest video ONE TRUE ACT OF PATRIOTISM, he is not shy about speaking about the situation happening on Wall Street. We had a chance to talk with him about #OWS […]

Just like the beginning of the GUYS AND DOLLS, we’ll tell you what is in The Daily News today. And we have to thank fellow Rebelde and LatinoLit co-curator Charlie Vazquez for it all. After reading about the financial and life struggles of Nuyorican Poets Cafe founder Miguel Algarín, Charlie took it upon himself to […]