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.

Vote P!nk for President in 2020

Every misfit’s hero, every mother’s friend, and every bully’s nightmare, P!nk has been disrupting the status quo for decades. Her 2001 single “Don’t Let Me Get Me,” from the album Missundaztood, was the soundtrack of my teenage years. Almost 20 years later, now that I’m a mother, she still grabs my…

Art Meets Trap This Weekend at Project Pat’s Trap Attack

You’d think curating the festivities for the makeshift roller rink at III Points last weekend would be enough for Otto Von Schirach and Notorious Nastie in their never-ending quest to keep South Florida weird, but according to them, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Next weekend will bring their Project Pat’s Trap Attack, a three-night extravaganza that will mix music, art, a yacht party, Project Pat, and madness.

III Points 2019 Winners and Losers

That’s a wrap on the sixth edition of III Points. So was the 16-month wait worth it? In short, yes. The new February date proved to be a smart move. Temperatures were much milder, and any worry that the festival would suffer crowd shortages during the busy Presidents’ Day weekend…

III Points 2019: Tyler the Creator, Pussy Riot, Beach House, and Virtual Self Kicked Off Day One

Miami has anticipated the sixth edition of III Points for the past 16 months, but it looks like the wait was worth it. The move from October to February brings milder temperatures, and even though the three-day festival is taking place over the busy Presidents’ Day weekend — Art Wynwood, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, and the Miami International Boat Show also are happening — III Points is still able to cut through all the noise and make its presence known.

Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers Discusses His Legacy as One of the Greatest Singers of All Time

It’s difficult to imagine the honor of being tapped to be the lead singer of the Doors after Jim Morrison’s tragic death. But that is exactly what happened to Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers. “I built a studio in my house, and Jimmy started to pop over to see what I was doing,” Rodgers says of his ill-fated effort to lie low for a while. “We started to write songs.”