Reanna Cruz
Reanna Cruz is a news assistant for NPR Music's Alt.Latino.
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KIRARA uses sounds that evoke the childlike wonder of squaring up in a boss level against an unspecified bully
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On "Stupid Boy," Slayyyter and Big Freedia tear up the EDM-inspired track, blowing through their verses with aplomb and disparaging the himbo agenda once and for all.
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Merlyn Wood smashes together the best parts of Brockhampton with snares straight out of a SOPHIE sample pack.
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The Ecuadorian-American producer talks his spiritual new album Far In and building an artistic vocabulary
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Blackfishing aside, there's a reason Jesy Nelson isn't a household name. With toothless lyrics and nondescript vocals, Nelson commits the cardinal solo career sin: being boring
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The type of song you play on speakers until they burst, "check1" pushes the needle forward for a genre that sometimes feels stuck in its own mythos.
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The reggaetón superstar kicks off our "El Tiny" takeover of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series.
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"Outside" sets the tone for Injury Reserve's deeply claustrophobic, delightfully warped experimental hip-hop album.
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Moved both by the loss of a founding member and a desire to return to the rap group's experimental roots, Injury Reserve's "Knees" feels like a musical left turn.