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Ozuna plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
J Balvin, Cardi B and Bad Bunny perform onstage during the 2018 American Music Awards. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images For dcp) Kevin Winter/Getty Images For dcp hide caption
From left to right, some of the Latinx figures we think deserve monuments: Ivy Queen, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Manzano and Anacaona. Rodrigo Varela; Ron Galella Collection; David Livingston; The Civilization, volume III, 1882/Getty Images hide caption
Latinx Monuments We'd Like To See
The avatar of professional skateboarder Kareem Campbell, in a still from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2. Courtesy of Activision hide caption
Vocalist Gloria Estefan reimagines some of her classic music through a Brazilian lens. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gloria Estefan: 'It's All About The Drums,' This Time From Brazil
The rapper, singer and New York Times bestselling author Lecrae. His latest release, Restoration, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Aug. 21. Alex Harper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Burna Boy. His latest full-length, Twice as Tall, tops our list of the best new albums out this week. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Carlos Vives leans into his Colombian roots on his latest album, Cumbiana. Andres Oyuela/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alt.Latino's Summer Music Haul
Portland rapper Aminé. His sophomore full-length, Limbo, tops our shortlist for the week's best new albums. Micaiah Carter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Colombian vocalist Lido Pimienta released one of our favorite albums of the year so far. Daniella Murillo/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Guatemala's Kathy Palma is one of the artists featured n this week's show. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
New Music For Being In And Out And About
Fiona Apple. Her long-awaited — and monumental — new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, tops our shortlist of the best releases out on April 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Lido Pimienta calls Miss Colombia a "cynical love letter" to her home country. Daniella Murillo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
KORDELYA's futuristic electro-pop globalism can capture imaginations. Jonathan Gonzaga/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption