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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Rebel Díaz (tonight w La Mala and Joell Ortiz!)

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( Click here to access this same blog in its incarnation as my El Diario / La Prensa column for today, Wednesday July 11, 2007) Rebel Díaz ...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Rapeando sobre la reforma migratoria

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( Haga click en este enlace para acceder directo a mi columna de El Diario/La Prensa del 4 de julio. La ventaja de leer aquí en el blog son...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

To the beat of the eternal boys

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Click here for the Spanish version titled "Al son de los chamacos eternos," published in today's El Diario / La Prensa, Wedne...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

My first 10 columns in El Diario / La Prensa

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It just dawned on me that today was published my tenth weekly El Diario / La Prensa column, titled Reggaetónica (just like this blog but wit...

Nina, the feminist bandolera

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( Click here for the Spanish version titled "Nina, la feminista bandolera" published in today's El Diario/La Prensa, Wednesda...
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Friday, June 15, 2007

Does she like it "agresivo"?

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( Click here for the Spanish version titled "¿A ella le gusta agresivo?" published in El Diario/La Prensa last Wednesday, June 13...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

50 Cent and His “Amusement Park”

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Click here for the Spanish original published in El Diario/La Prensa on June 6, 2007. 50 Cent and His “Amusement Park” A few weeks ago, Fi...
Saturday, June 09, 2007

50 Cent y su "Parque de diversiones"

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Here is a slightly longer version than the one that appeared in El Diario last Wednesday, 6-6-07 . I'll post the English translation soo...
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Los sueños incumplidos del reggaetón

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Click here for my El Diario/La Prensa column published 5-30-07 titled "Los sueños incumplidos del reggaetón" (Reggaetón's unr...
Friday, May 25, 2007

The future of reggaeton

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(For the version in Spanish published in Wednesday's El Diario/La Prensa, click here.) Last Sunday, the Miami Herald published an articl...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Reggaetón en el salón

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Click here to access my column in today's El Diario/La Prensa, titled "Reggaetón en el salón" (Reggaeton in the Classroom). F...
Friday, May 04, 2007

"Bemba Colorá" and the "Black Girl Painted White"

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In response to my previous post " From White to Mulata: The Darkening Powers of Reggaeton ,” David mentioned the LG and Cyn collabor...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

From White to Mulata: The Darkening Powers of Reggaetón

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Jowell & Randy have a song out called "Es Mala." Tito , a DJ and a student at Wesleyan University, has the following sharp, s...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

My column in today's El Diario / La Prensa: "La otra cara del hip-hop"

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Click here for my column in today's El Diario / La Prensa titled "La otra cara del hip-hop."
Monday, April 30, 2007

Airing tonight: my interview on María Hinojosa's show "La Plaza"

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A few weeks ago, I had the honor of being interviewed by award-winning journalist María Hinojosa. The focus of our dialogue was my writings ...
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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Reggaeton in Education and Activism?

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If you google "hip-hop education," you get approximately 14,600 items. The first one, very appropriately, is the H2Ed website, an...
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Friday, April 20, 2007

Again, the Machetero Nikes

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Dear Danny , You’re right. In my first blog about the Machetero Air Force Ones , I didn’t comment on my reaction to the sneakers beyond sayi...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Reggaetónica: my weekly column in El Diario / La Prensa

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This Reggaetonica blog will now have a Spanish-language print counterpart in my Wednesday column "Reggaetónica" in El Diario / La...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Meditations on sneakers and bling by Miguel Luciano

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These Filiberto Ojeda Uptowns / Machetero Air Force Ones by New York visual artist Miguel Luciano come right after his Pure Plantainum se...
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Saturday, April 07, 2007

My commentary for NPR's Latino USA radio show

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Click here for my guest commentary on National Public Radio's Latino USA , on April 6, 2007. It's on music blogging.
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Raquel Z. Rivera
Author, researcher, and singer-songwriter. Visiting Scholar at the University of New Mexico's Sociology Department. Research interests: popular and folk music, Latino and Caribbean studies, reproductive justice. Author of New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and co-editor of the anthology Reggaeton (Duke University Press, 2009). Research consultant and co-author working with the fierce reproductive justice organization Young Women United. Debut CD as director of the Caribbean neo-roots band Ojos de Sofia titled Las 7 Salves de La Magdalena / 7 Songs of Praise for The Magdalene. Born and raised in Puerto Rico. Lived for many years in NYC. Living in Planet New Mexico. Contact: raquelzrivera@gmail.com. Click here for CV.
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