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A breakdown of how Black Latine artists have influenced Latin music genres from the beginning.

For our March 2024 cover story, Bad Bunny takes acting advice from Benicio Del Toro and talks about the resurgence of salsa.

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On the eve of 2022 we remember some of the Latino celebrities who died in 2021 and whose death we will continue to mourn

Roberto Roena, a dancer who became a bongo player who then became a bandleader, along the way establishing himself as a leading figure in salsa and so

His albums and performances with Apollo Sound brought new complexity to the genre in the 1970s. His group was still getting the crowds dancing decades later.

(Photo : Andrew H. Walker) L-R) Roberto Roena, Bobby Valentín, Johnny Pacheco and Ismael Miranda attend the 22nd annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on March 18, 2014 in New York City. Salsa music has lost one of its greatest pillars, Johnny Pacheco, as he waves his goodbye at 85. ABC7 reported that the co-founder of Fania records had been hospitalized in New York City a few days earlier due to pneumonia. His wife, Maria Elena "Cuqui" Pacheco, also shared this news on th...

Father Of Salsa Music Johnny Pacheco Dies Age 85 02/15/21 AT 8:10 PM Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican-born musician considered one of the fathers of salsa, died Monday at the age of 85 in New Jersey, his family said. A musician, composer and producer, Pacheco founded the Fania Records label, as well as the historic Fania All Stars band, which included salsa icons Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon. "With great pain in my soul and an emptiness in my heart I inform you that maestro Johnny Pac...