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November 06, 2009

Ahem... Puerto Rican Rappers Calle 13 Dominate at Latin Grammys...

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The New York Times:

…at this year’s awards, two leading contenders — Calle 13, from Puerto Rico, and Mercedes Sosa, from Argentina — were generations apart but linked by idealism. Calle 13, a duo made up of the rapper Residente (René Pérez) and the producer Visitante (Eduardo Cabra), has brought political critiques, raunchy fantasies and globe-hopping musical eclecticism to the Latin hip-hop style called reggaetón. It received the most nominations for this year’s awards, in five of the 49 award categories, with its album, “Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo” (“Those Behind Are Coming With Me”), and won them all, including Album of the Year.

Calle 13’s single “No Hay Nadie Como Tú” (“There’s No One Like You”), which was written and performed with the Mexican rock group Café Tacvba, was named Record of the Year, the award for a single, as well as Best Alternative Song.

Calle 13 also won awards for Best Urban Album and Best Short Music Video. The video was “La Perla,” a song about growing up in a poor neighborhood in San Juan, which Calle 13 performed with the Panamanian songwriter Rubén Blades.



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