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Brenda Barrientos

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Covers:  Entertainment and Music
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These Latine Artists Are Featured on Kendrick Lamar’s New Album ‘GNX’

These Latine Artists Are Featured on Kendrick Lamar’s New Album ‘GNX’

Surprise! Kendrick Lamar dropped an album today (Nov. 22) titledGNX , and as the Internet dissects the 12-tra…

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Renata Flores & Her Music Are An Act of Indigenous Resistance

Renata Flores & Her Music Are An Act of Indigenous Resistance

Originating from the small city of Huamanga, a province in the northern part of the Ayacucho region in Peru, …

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Julissa Calderon Brings Afro-Latinidad to the Fore on 'Gentefied'

Julissa Calderon Brings Afro-Latinidad to the Fore on 'Gentefied'

Julissa had different plans. The Miami native intended to become a nurse, but after two semesters at the Univ…

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Jessie Reyez Is Poised to Be One of the Year's Breakout Stars

Jessie Reyez Is Poised to Be One of the Year's Breakout Stars

Jessie Reyez worked as a bartender just a few years ago, but she's since gone from singing at open-mic nights…

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The New 'Party of Five' Cast Talks Latinx Representation on TV and the Importance of Family

The New 'Party of Five' Cast Talks Latinx Representation on TV and the Importance of Family

The cast of Freeform's new Party of Five reboot sits down with People CHICA for a discussion of Latinx stereo…

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Singer Yasmin Talks Of Love and Death EP

Singer Yasmin Talks Of Love and Death EP

"What I want people to know about me when they listen to Of Love and Death is that I have no limits," Yasmin …

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INTERVIEW: ‘I Love Boosters’ Cast on the Importance of Community & Their Earliest Memory of Selena

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By Brenda Barrientos
| Remezcla Verified
Boot’s Riley’s I Love Boosters film, which premiered May 22nd, centers a collective of women who are shoplifters with a cause —think of it as community service, even. The star studded cast including Keke Palmer, Eiza Gonzalez, Taylour Paige, Naomi Ackie, and Poppy Lui go on a fashion-forward journey of sourcing designerwear clothing made by Metro Designs owner Christie Smith played by Demi Moore to resell for the low making them the Velvet Gang.
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10 Festival Essentials Latinas Should Pack This Season

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By Brenda Barrientos
| Refinery29 Verified
See All Slides Begin Slideshow It’s my favorite time of year again — festival season. As the weather warms up, el perreo gets closer. I can already picture it: me in some skin-baring two-piece set, sunnies saving my eyes from the rays, and dancing with my girls on a grassy field as our favorite artists take the stage. Spring is the ultimate tease to summer, kicking off with the Met Gala of multi-day experiences: Coachella.
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The 25 Best Reggaeton Artists of All Time

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By Jesus Trivino Alarcon Verified, Jesús Triviño Alarcón, Brenda Barrientos
| Complex Verified
The long, winding, and often forked road that has led us to contemporary reggaeton has been traced often over the last decade. In the beginning it moved fast: in early-'90s Jamaica, Steely & Clive's "Fish Market" begat "Dem Bow" by Shabba Ranks, which would introduce a distinctive syncopated three-beat pattern (or riddim) named after the song.
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