Rolling Loud 2019 Day One: Cardi B, Migos, Rae Sremmurd, and Others

For hip-hop lovers, Rolling Loud’s annual festival is like Christmas. Every year, the biggest names in rap draw thousands of fans to Miami-Dade to smoke marijuana, rage, and party to the greatest hits. The festival made it back to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, creating overwhelming traffic, Instagram-worthy moments,…

Ultra Music Festival 2019 Winners and Losers

The 21st edition of Ultra Music Festival is over. Will it return to Virginia Key next year? Who knows. Rest assured there will be plenty of discussion from city officials, residents, and environmentalists about whether the festival belongs there.

Bad Bunny’s Latin Trap Is Cultural Appreciation, Not Appropriation

Puerto Ricans are the ones constantly calling Power 96 to play the new Ozuna, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny. That trunk-rattling bass with booming 808s and mumbled Spanish lyrics you hear over a gritty beat while sitting in Miami traffic has been dubbed “Latin trap,” and regardless of whether you speak the language, trap en español is making its way into the music scene.

Stop Mispronouncing the Name of Alternative-R&B Artist 6lack

What does R&B sound like today? The once-dying genre filled with sexual innuendos and soulful riffs has quickly modernized into a fusion of several elements. Chilling vocals and sassy wordplay are no longer revered; instead, fans love the way an artist tells a love story. They want something they can sing off-key at the top of their lungs and dedicate to their exes…