Flashback Athlete of the Month for July 2023 Bio Highlight Bio Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico in 1934 to a sugarcane worker, Roberto Clemente showed early interest–and talent–in baseball. As a high school freshman, he was recruited to play softball with the Selo Rojo team, and at just 18, Clemente ...
Make Up Artist of the Month for June 2023 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio A hand-chosen favorite of beauty icon Pat McGrath, rising makeup artist Marcelo Guiterrez is paving the way for himself and other Latinos in an industry that still lacks authentic representation. Guiterrez and his family moved to the ...
Reggaeton Artist of the Month for June 2023 Twitter Instagram Youtube Soundcloud Bio Latina Bio Isabella Lovestory, the persona of Isabella Rodriguez, is a Honduran pop and reggaeton artist who channels themes of self-expression and sexual empowerment through music described as perreo-pop. Born in 1993 in Honduras, Rodriguez and her ...
Athlete of the Month for February 2023 Twitter Instagram Bio Highlights Bio Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza is a professional mixed martial artist and the former two-time UFC Strawweight champion–the first of her weight class to do so. Born in Redondo Beach, California, to parents of Mexican and Irish ancestry, Esparza’s ...
Latin Artist of the Month for February 2023 Twitter Instagram Youtube Bio Mala Mala Bio Born and raised in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, as Zuleima del Pino Gonzalez, 23-year-old Spanish rapper and singer Ptazeta have a very important mission in music: to normalize same-sex and queer relationships through fun, unabashed ...
Reggaeton Artist of the Month for February 2023 Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Bio Bye Bye Bio When it comes to reggaeton royalty, there’s only one reigning queen: Ivy Queen. Born Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodriguez in 1972 in Puerto Rico’s west side, Ivy Queen kicked off her career as a member ...
Fashion Designer of the Month for February 2023 Instagram Facebook Twitter Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Fashion industry veteran and pioneer Shawn Pean had a goal in mind when he created his clothing line: to pivot away from the business side of fashion and explore what a new renaissance of luxury ...
The era of burying our gays is over... or at least, it should be. While this particular trope has lessened in frequency over the years, getting into queer media, particularly lesbian or WLW media, can still feel like a gamble--will yet another gay character feel the brunt of real-world cruelty? ...
Flashback Artist of the Month for January 2023 Bio Gopher Mambo Bio Peruvian pop diva and soprano extraordinaire Yma Sumac was a one-of-kind legend in the 1950s exotica movement, whose stunning 4-and-a-half octave vocal range and legendary persona as an “Inca princess” has won the hearts of listeners for decades. ...
Video of the Month for January 2023 This 2022 groovy indie dance track by Toro y Moi features artsy, nostalgic city scenes over an irresistible “psych-funk” groove driven by a sublimated bass and tambourines, and punctuated by electric yelps. Critics have described the song and video as having a Bootsy ...
According to a 2019 survey conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, fewer American children than ever before are reading for fun. The shares of 9-to13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago, and are at the lowest ...
“New” Artist of the Month for July 2020 Twitter Instagram Youtube Bio Stressed Bio Hailing from Tampa, Florida, 24-year-old Doechii–formerly known as Iamdoechii–is a rising singer, rapper, and songwriter known for her eclectic and inspired style. Doechii started her career posting music on Soundcloud and YouTube. In 2016, she made ...
Hey! Are you enjoying NYCTastemakers? Make sure to join our mailing list for NYCTM and never miss the chance to read all of our articles!