latin music

Legendary Latino impresario Ralph Mercado passed away yesterday after a two-year battle with cancer. Mercado was 67. He dies at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. 
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Thanks to doting women’s magazines, Calle 13’s Residente aka Renè Perez, has become less of an angry, Eminem offspring and more a lip-biting, LL Cool J. By now it’s easy to forget that Renè and his stepbrother Visitante aren’t just dedicated to the art of moving moneymakers on the dance floor. Since their 2004 debut, they’ve been an urban alternative group with dabs of socio-political commentary.