Though started on the East Coast, the Bay Area launched Freestyle’s commercial explosion and laid the foundation for contemporary EDM. The July 25th Stevie B show at San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez ...

Before freestyle — the dance music born out of New York’s Latin community in the 1980s — even had a name, an underage Lisa Velez (before she became Lisa Lisa) remembers sneaking into the storied Fun ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Hard-core fans of the late-’80s electro-pop strain known as Latin ...

Plenty has been written about Haight-Ashbury and the South Bronx of the '70s, and thanks to about a dozen photo books, punk fans too young to have pissed in the CBGB bathroom know what the graffiti ...

In an age of bouncy and slow trap-based rap music — where the tempos of songs are usually between 130 and 160 beats per minute (BPM) — it's refreshing that certain rappers are bringing freestyle music ...

Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

In the world of battle rap, names like Smack White and competitions like Ultimate Rap League and Queen of the Ring are just as common, household names as Jay-Z and Drake are to mainstream Hip Hop. In ...

*Cynthia Torres, a.k.a. Cynthia, was excited to talk about her upcoming show as part of the Forever Freestyle 13 concert celebrating 13 years of Latin Freestyle music on Saturday, March 16 at 8pm at ...

For the sake of both music and history, be grateful that Orlando has remained one of the cities keeping the flame alive for Latin Freestyle over the years. One of the best, most direct musical ...

Philadelphia’s oldest nonprofit is celebrating Latin Heritage Month with a lively weekend event. The Lighthouse is hosting the Freestyle Rodeo Music Festival, bringing together music, culture and ...