(versión en español, aquí)
It’s been 30 years since I wrote my first articles about hip hop and the genre known today as reggaetón. I no longer write about these topics, but I do care that the articles I wrote are accessible.
It turns out that, because of copyright issues, there’s no way to give digital access to most of my writings from the hip hop and reggaetón collection that I donated to the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. It’s not Centro’s fault, but due to the profiteering system we are subject to.
As a workaround, I have established an unofficial extension of my archival collection through both this website and the blog Reggaetónica that I actively maintained between 2006 and 2011. I’m hoping it will be useful to those interested in these topics. The list of publications I’ve compiled, along with PDF files, consists of 3 interviews, 13 academic articles, and 102 newspaper and magazine articles and reviews. The list additionally includes one newspaper article, nine academic articles, and my two books—none of which are digitized.
A heartfelt ¡gracias! to the newspaper Claridad and magazines In the House and Stress for granting permission to give easy access to their articles through the Center for Puerto Rican Studies digital archive.
And my thanks and endless love to my earliest collaborators: Las Garabatas—namely, Carmen Oquendo Villar, José Raúl “Gallego” González, Damaris Estrada, Harry Hernández, Rossana Vida and Lola Vidal. To the other dear writers that I’ve had the fortune of collaborating with throughout the years: Ana Rokafella García, Wayne Marshall, Deb Pacini Hernández and Frances Negrón-Muntaner. Also to the editors who made us feel at home at their respective publications: Alida Millán Ferrer and Rafael Acevedo in Claridad; Félix Jiménez at The San Juan Star; Richie and Raimundo Villanueva at In the House Magazine; Ket, Vee, Clyde and Dee Tee at Stress; Elizabeth Méndez Berry at Vibe.
— Raquel Z. Rivera
ENTREVISTAS * * * INTERVIEWS
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1992-93 Spring). "Entrevista: Lisa M," Centro, Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, V, 2: 30-51.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1992-93 Spring). "Entrevista: Vico C," Centro, Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, V, 2: 30-51.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2004). “Entrevista a Tego Calderón.” Centro, Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, XVI, 2: 272-281.
ARTICULOS DE PERIODICO Y REVISTA * * * NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1994). “¿Que el rap no es cultura?” Claridad, March 4-10: 26.
Garabatas al Cruce. (1994) “Rapeando en puertorriqueño,” Claridad, June 10-16: 15, 21-24.
Las Garabatas. (1994). “Pagan raperos por pecadores,” Claridad, June 10-16: 21.
Oquendo Villar, Carmen Luisa and Raquel Z. Rivera. (1994). “Rapeando en puertorriqueño,” Claridad, June 10-16: 22-23.
Las Garabatas. (1994). “Raperos para Cristo,” Claridad, June 10-16: 24.
Garabatas al Cruce. (1994). “Graffiti.” Claridad, July 22-28: 21-24.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1994). “Espanglish Rhymes: Representin’ our cultura.” Claridad, August 19-25: 20.
Oquendo, Carmen Luisa and Raquel Z. Rivera. (1995) “¿Rap, censura o represión?” Diálogo, February: 14.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1995). “Del underground a la superficie.” Claridad, February 10-16: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1995). “Mad Jammin’ in Canóvanas,” The San Juan Star, August 20: 8-9 (Venue).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1995). “Two Guanábanas and a Little Mayhem,” The San Juan Star, September 10: 10-11 (Venue).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). “Violent Femmes,” The San Juan Star, February 18: 9 (Venue).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). “Rice and Beans and Hip Hop Politics,” The San Juan Star, March 3: 14 (Venue).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). "Policing Morality: Underground Rap in Puerto Rico.” Against the Current, 62, May/June: 49-51.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). “The Class Rap,” The San Juan Star, May 5: 13 (Venue).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). "Aniversario 19 de Rock Steady Crew." In the House Magazine 2, 4.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). "Arsonists: continúan prendiendo fuego." In the House Magazine 2, 4.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). "La estética de la violencia." In the House Magazine 2, 4.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). "Searching for Justicia: The Struggle Against Police Brutality." Stress, 5, Winter: 26-28.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Funky Puerto Rican." In the House Magazine 2, 5.
García, Anita “Rocafella” and Raquel Z. Rivera (1997). "‘La lucha’: mujeres en el hip hop." In the House Magazine 2, 5.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Hurricane G." In the House Magazine 2, 6: 74
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Festival de rap cubano: son de la moña." In the House Magazine 2, 6: 36-37.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Undergroundeando en Nueva York." In the House Magazine 3, 7: 24.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "What the Fuck Are You Doing Here Puerto Rican?: Has the Hip Hop Nation Failed to Recognize the Contribution of Boricuas?" Stress, 6: 45-50.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Hurricane G: The Lyrical Storm." Stress, 7: 66-67.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Droppin' Bombs Ain't Always Healthy: The Navy Plays Target Practice in One Puerto Rican Community." Stress, 9, October: 28-29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Not Hip Hop But Rap Cubano: Cuba's 3rd Annual National Rap Festival." Stress, 10, December: 84-86.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1998). "Boricua Guerrero: Boricua Guerrero" (Music Review). Stress, 12, March/April: 76.
Rivera, Raquel Z. and Big Pox. (1998). "Ricanstruction: Liberation Day" (Music Review). Stress, 12, March/April: 77.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Vico C.” New York Latino Magazine, Summer: 36-37.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Ivy Queen: The Original Rude Girl” (Music Review). New York Latino Magazine, Summer: 31-32.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Vico C: Aquel que había muerto” (Music Review). New York Latino Magazine, Summer: 32-33.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Bay of Pigs" (Music Review). New York Latino Magazine, Fall: 33.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Mikey Perfecto: Ángel perdido" (Music Review). New York Latino Magazine, Fall: 32-33.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Arsonists: As the World Burns" (Music Review). New York Latino Magazine, Winter: 36.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1999). "Big Boy: Big Impact" (Music Review). New York Latino Magazine, Winter: 36.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2000). "Black August: lo mejor del rap en apoyo a Vieques y Cuba." El Diario / La Prensa, September 19: 35.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2000). "Una boda al estilo hip hop." Hoy, December 28: 14.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2000). “Boricua’s Bond: Boricua-X-ploitation.” In the House Magazine, 16.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2000). “El rap puertorriqueño: música de resistencia.” In the House Magazine, 16: 16.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Recordando a Big Pun: rapero de raperos." El Diario/La Prensa, February 8: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Un año sin Big Punisher." El Nuevo Día, February 9: 112.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Angie Martínez: de locutora a rapera." Nueva Era, May 9-16: 30-31.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "La música hip hop es…" El Diario/La Prensa, June 22: 32.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Teatro al estilo hip hop toma a Nueva York." El Diario/La Prensa, June 27: 37.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Fat Joe: líder del Terror Squad.” El Diario/La Prensa, June 29: 37.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "‘Slanguage’: magistral mondongo de palabras.” El Diario/La Prensa, July 27: 39.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Raperos cubanos de gira en Nueva York." Hoy, October 16: 34.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Honores póstumos para Big Pun." Hoy, October 21: 2 (Séptimo Día).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001) “Nuyorican en la zona hip hop.” In the House Magazine, 18: 68.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). “Angie Martínez: de locutora a rapera.” In the House Magazine, 21: 14.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). “Controversia por honores póstumos a Big Pun.” In the House Magazine, 21: 36-37.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). “La Bruja: rapera, poeta, actriz y bailarina.” In the House Magazine, 21: 58-59.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). “Hip hop: negrura, mitos y raíces.” In the House Magazine, 21: 48.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2002). “Fat Joe: al amparo del dios del trueno.” In the House Magazine, 22: 24-25.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2002). “Hip hop: negrura, mitos y raíces (Segunda parte).” In the House Magazine, 22: 62.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2002). “Diana: rocking en el Brooklyn de los ‘70.” In the House Magazine, 25: 74-75 .
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “Dimensión puertorra del hip hop.” Siempre, May 29 – June 12: S11.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “Desde Cuba con Doble Filo.” Hoy, June 8: 6.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “‘El Abayarde’ causa revuelo entre artistas en NY.” Siempre, June 26 – July 9.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “Tego: El Abayarde en Nueva York.” Claridad, July 3-9: 20.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “Reggaeton: The Rise of the Boricua Underground.” Urban Latino, 46, November: 31-32.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “Tego Calderón: Native Tongue.” Vibe, November: 96.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2004). “Sobre boricuas y dominicanos (o… De nacionalismos y nacionalismos: qué bueno que no todos son los mismos.” Claridad, March 25-31: 30.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2004). “De un pájaro las dos patas.” El Nuevo Día, April 4: 3 (Foro).
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Sangre, diamantes, hip-hop y reggaetón.” El Diario/La Prensa, March 5: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “¿Porqué ‘Reggaetónica’?” El Diario/La Prensa, April 18: 25.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Las Nikes macheteras.” El Diario/La Prensa, April 26: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “La otra cara del hip-hop.” El Diario/La Prensa, May 2: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Educación hip-hopera.” El Diario/La Prensa, May 9: 25.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Reggaetón en el salón.” El Diario/La Prensa, May 16: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “El futuro del reggaetón.” El Diario/La Prensa, May 23: 25.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Los sueños incumplidos del reggaetón.” El Diario/La Prensa, May 30: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “50 Cent y su ‘Parque de diversiones’.” El Diario/La Prensa, June 6: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “¿A ella le gusta agresivo?” El Diario/La Prensa, June 13: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Nina, la feminista bandolera.” El Diario/La Prensa, June 20: 25.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Al son de los chamacos eternos.” El Diario/La Prensa, June 27: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Rapeando sobre la reforma migratoria.” El Diario/La Prensa, July 4: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Rebel Díaz.” El Diario/La Prensa, July 11: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Para faltarnos el respeto.” El Diario/La Prensa, July 18: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Porquerías y cursilerías.” El Diario/La Prensa, July 25: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “En defensa de Alain Ket.” El Diario/La Prensa, August 1: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Socatón: ¿post-reggaetón?” El Diario/La Prensa, August 8: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Puerto Rico: ¿más que reggaetón?” El Diario/La Prensa, August 15: 25.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Rapeando contra la brutalidad policíaca.” El Diario/La Prensa, August 22: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “La censura en calzoncillos.” El Diario/La Prensa, August 29: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Illegal Tender: ¿Hispanixploitation?” El Diario/La Prensa, September 5: 27.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Reggaetón en ‘Nuestra América’.” El Diario/La Prensa, September 12: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “¿Quién dijo ‘perra’?” El Diario/La Prensa, September 19: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Teatro hip-hop: Till the Break of Dawn.” El Diario/La Prensa, September 26: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Los 6 de Jena.” El Diario/La Prensa, October 3: 21.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Hip-hop vs. reggaetón.” El Diario/La Prensa, October 10: 23.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Sin raíces se muere la matita.” El Diario/La Prensa, October 17: 23.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Frutas vs. naranjas.” El Diario/La Prensa, October 24: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “El reggaetón en los tiempos del Zune.” El Diario/La Prensa, October 31: 29.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “La ‘música urbana’ y el Grammy Latino.” El Diario/La Prensa, November 7: 23.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Juventud, sexo y sexismo.” El Diario/La Prensa, November 14: 31.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “La isla infinita y la cultura.” El Diario/La Prensa, November 21: 23.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). “Nación reggaetón.” El Diario/La Prensa, November 29.
Negrón-Muntaner, Frances and Raquel Z. Rivera (2007). “Reggaeton Nation.” NACLA Report on the Americas, November/December: 35-41
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2008). “Las Nikes macheteras de Miguel Luciano.” Claridad January 31 – February 6.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2008). “¿Vota o quédate callao?” El Diario/La Prensa, February 2:19.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2009). “‘Los circuitos socio-sónicos del reggaetón.” Claridad, April 23-29: 17.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2009). “‘Introducción a las selecciones del libro Reggaetón.” Claridad, April 23-29: 17.
Various authors. (2009). Reggaetón supplement. Claridad, April 23-29: 14-23.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2009). “ ‘Reggaeton Roundup’ en AfroPop Worldwide.” Claridad, August 13-19: 23.
ARTICULOS ACADEMICOS * * * ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1992-93 Winter). "Rap Music in Puerto Rico: Mass Consumption or Social Resistance?" Centro, Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, V, 1: 52-65.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1992-93 Spring). "La música rap en Puerto Rico: consumo, revisión y resistencia," Centro, Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, V, 2: 30-51.
Oquendo, Carmen and Raquel Z. Rivera. (1993). "El rap en Puerto Rico: reclamando espacios culturales." Postdata, 8: 63-65.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1996). "Boricuas from the Hip Hop Zone: Notes on Race and Ethnic Relations in New York City." Centro, Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York, VIII, 1&2: 202-217.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Rapping Two Versions of the Same Requiem." Pp. 243-256 in Puerto Rican Jam: Rethinking Colonialism and Nationalism, ed. Frances Negrón-Muntaner and Ramón Grosfoguel. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1997). "Rap in Puerto Rico: Reflections from the Margins." Pp. 109-127 in Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora: The New Urban Challenge, ed. Charles Green. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (1998). "Cultura y poder en el rap puertorriqueño." Revista de Ciencias Sociales, University of Puerto Rico, 4, January: 124-146.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2001). "Hip Hop, Puerto Ricans and Ethno-Racial Identities in New York." Pp. 235-261 in Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York, ed. Agustín Laó-Montes and Arlene Dávila. New York: Columbia University Press.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2002). "Hip Hop and New York Puerto Rican Identities." Pp. 127-143 in Latina/o Popular Culture, ed. Mary Romero and Michelle Habell-Pallán. NY: New York University Press.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). “Hip hop: reflexiones desde el Nueva York caribeño.” Boletín Música, Casa de las Américas, no. 11-12: 85-88.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2005). " El hip hop y el Nueva York boricua: reflexiones sobre música y baile." Resonancias, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 5, 9: 6-12.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). "Between Blackness and Latinidad in the Hip Hop Zone." Pp. 351-362 in A Companion to Latina/o Studies, ed. Juan Flores and Renato Rosaldo. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2007). "Will the ‘Real’ Puerto Rican Culture Please Stand Up?: Some Thoughts On Cultural Nationalism.” In None of the Above: Contemporary Puerto Rican Cultures and Politics, ed. Frances Negrón-Muntaner. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2008). “Reggaeton, Gender, Blogging and Pedagogy,” Latino Studies, 6, (August): 327-338.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2008). “Multimedia Review of Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes and Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video.” Journal of the Society for American Music, 2, 3 (August): 451-453.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2009). “Policing Morality, Mano Dura Stylee: The Case of Underground Rap and Reggae in Puerto Rico in the Mid-1990s.” Pp. 111-134 in Reggaeton, ed. Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Marshall, Wayne, Raquel Z. Rivera and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. (2009). “Reggaeton’s Socio-Sonic Circuitry.” Pp. 1-16 in Reggaeton, ed. Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Marshall, Wayne and Raquel Z. Rivera. (2009). “Visualizing Reggaeton: Editor’s Notes.” Pp. 215-217 in Reggaeton, ed. Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Negrón-Muntaner, Frances and Raquel Z. Rivera. (2009). “Nación Reggaetón.” Nueva Sociedad, 223 (September-October): 29-38.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2009). “Perreo & Power: Explicit Sexuality in Reggaeton Dance.” Working paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2009.
Marshall, Wayne, Raquel Z. Rivera and Deborah Pacini Hernandez. (2010). “Los circuitos socio-sónicos del reggaetón.” TRANS: revista transcultural de música 14.
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2010). "Ghettocentricity, Blackness and Pan-Latinidad." Pp. 373-386 in The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States, ed. Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Marshall, Wayne, Raquel Z. Rivera and Deborah Pacini Hernandez (2011). "Os circuitos sócio-sônicos do reggaeton." Pp. 125-141 in Nas bordas e fora do mainstream musical: Novas tendências da música independente no início do século XXI, ed. Micael Herschmann. São Paulo, Brazil: Estação das Letras e Cores Editora.
LIBROS * * * BOOKS
Rivera, Raquel Z. (2003). New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rivera, Raquel Z., Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez, eds. (2009). Reggaeton. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.