In the pulsing heart of reggaeton’s origin story sits Jaime A. Davidson, a Panamanian artist who isn’t just a musician but a cultural architect, activist and reformer. Davidson, most commonly known by his artist name Gringo Man or Gringo Man El General, was a pioneer in bringing reggaeton music from ...
Every time Kehlani releases music, she consistently delivers raw and unfiltered emotions. In her new single, “Folded,” Kehlani takes a soulful R&B breakup song that would usually be filled with anger, sadness and regret and turns it into a song about finding peace and not losing herself in the midst ...
Not every successful artist starts out knowing what they want to do with their lives. For Rami Karadi, commonly known by his stage name ‘Aftrnoondlite,’ what started out as a lack of direction turned into a career. Karadi knew that a typical 9-5 job wouldn’t cut it for him; he ...
President Donald Trump has set a two-week negotiating window to decide on whether or not to strike Iran. Several European foreign ministers are convening today with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva for a meeting that is being coordinated with Washington. Trump and his advisers hope that Iran, under constant Israeli ...
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was released after being arrested by federal agents at immigration court Tuesday after linking arms with the person authorities were trying to detain, AP News reported. Lander’s arrest occurred at a federal building in Manhattan, yet another confrontation between a U.S. agent ...
Marlenne Garcia is not your typical pageant girl, with a degree in international trade law from Arizona State University before stepping into the pageant world, she’s got both the beauty and the brains. Born in Texas and raised in Mexico, she’s a multilingual graduate with an MBA who is redefining ...
June 14, 2025, marked President Donald Trump’s military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary and his birthday. What really drew people in, though, was the “No Kings” protest happening at the same time, against Trump’s policies and actions during his second presidency. Tens of thousands of people crowded in parks ...
Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran, killing three of its most powerful men and striking locations key to its nuclear program. Israel used 200 fighter jets to hit Iran, dropping more than 330 “various munitions” and striking more than 100 targets across the country, the IDF said. The commander-in-chief ...
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump warned that any further protests against federal immigration enforcement could be met with “equal or greater force” than the roughly 4,000 National Guard personnel and 700 Marines currently stationed in Los Angeles. In response to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
Writing authentic horror is a unique talent. Unlike film, where you can rely on sound design, visuals and jump scares, written horror fiction must unsettle the reader with words alone. That challenge requires a trained gift, and what authors sometimes uncover in their own minds ends up terrifying them most. ...
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a phrase most of us have heard over and over again. It cautions judgments based on surface-level assumptions, and it’s a good lesson to learn. But, in the world of books, we need to admit that some books should be judged by ...
A public feud broke out between President Donald Trump and his former ally, billionaire Elon Musk. Musk is adamantly against Trump’s massive tax and domestic policy bill, and he went all over Twitter and other social media to let everybody know. On Tuesday, Musk called what Trump calls his “big, ...
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