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Omar Courtz finds sonic inspiration wherever he goes. “A muse could be anything,” the Puerto Rican artist says from New York City, where he’s visiting the Rolling Stone offices for the first time. “I’m seeing all these different interviews and articles, and that right now is inspiring something in me.”

With his first album, Primera Musa, the newcomer — who has gotten co-signs from stars like Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny — shows everything that’s been popping up in his mind lately: sex, girls, love, drugs, and street life.

Two weeks before the release of his third studio album, Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X), Jhayco answers my video call from the terrace of the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, where he’s seated for lunch. Hiding his blue eyes behind a voguish pair of shades, he points out the mystic sequences of numbers tattooed on his body: 333, 444, 555. These numbers, called angel numbers, often appear to him by chance, whether from clocks, receipts, addresses, or if he happens to be looking at his phone at the right time. Jhayco, 31, believes these...

It’s a known fact that Bad Bunny saves his best shows for his homeland of Puerto Rico. The shows are longer, the guests are cooler, his monologues are more colorful, and his enthusiasm is through the roof.

This was the case when Bad Bunny made a three-day stop at San Juan’s José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum for his Most Wanted Tour this weekend, promoting his latest album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana. The local movie theater chain Caribbean Cinemas announced they would livestream the Friday and...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, rap’s favorite couple, Offset and Cardi B, address the drama; Travis Scott delivers a deluge of star-studded tracks; Mitski returns with a reflective hymn; and Gucci Mane gets in on the summer’s hottest cinematic experience. Plus, new music from Post Malone, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more.

Offset feat. Cardi B, “Jealousy” (YouTube)

Travis Scott, “Meltdown” (YouTube)

Post Malone, “Novacandy” (YouTube)

Gucci Mane, “Woppenheimer” (YouTube)

Carly Rae Jepsen,...

Jay Wheeler’s hit “Pacto” has officially become a party of 5: On Thursday, Wheeler premiered a splash new remix of his track “Pacto” with Rolling Stone — and this time round, he’s added stars Anuel AA and Bryant Myers to the trakc, which already includes Dei V and Hades66.

The video, which is nearly six minutes long, opens with Wheeler singing lusty lyrics about making sex pact with the girl he’s romancing. He’s hit with blue lasers just before Anuel AA joins in with a steamy verse...

Genero Urbano is having a moment now. Whether it's Bad Bunny's seemingly limitless success, Rosalía's recent Latin Grammys wins, or the slew of new ambassadors like La Gabi, Musas, and others championing burgeoning music scenes in places like Dr and Colombia, reggaeton and Latin trap are reaching more ears than ever before. With his latest release, "Jetski Remix," Puerto Rican artist and Miami native Roa looks to evolve the genre's sound while bringing it back to one of the places it was born.

Released this past Friday, Dec. 2, "Jetski Remix" sees Roa employing his signature brand of smooth lyrics and breathy vocals alongside up-and-coming Puerto Rican spitters Omar Courtz and Dei V, as well as, trap superstar Bryant Myers. The single caps off a busy year for Roa, with the young artist having already released the tracks "Bellakeame," "Jetski" (original), and "Pa' Cuando." It's a work rate that...

Last March, the Puerto Rican singer Alex Rose released an Ep titled Sexflix. Rose lifted unimpeachable melodies from R&B hits like Mario’s “Let Me Love You” and Ray J’s “One Wish,” but he made two key revisions to his source material, updating the drums to compete with modern recordings and adding his own lyrics in Spanish. His amalgam hit home: The single “Darte” has accumulated more than 30 million views on YouTube, and rising stars like Bryant Myers and Casper Mágico piled on to the remix.

Rose is...

The remix to Nio García, Casper Mágico and Darell’s “Te Boté,” a seven-minute, stubbornly skeletal reggaeton single, is a massive hit in the U.S. this year — especially when you consider that the entire thing is rapped and sung in Spanish. In the harsh world of the Hot 100, dominated by hip-hop streaming sensations and pop stars with major-label budgets, “Te Boté” climbed all the way to Number 36. No English? No problem.

This song is so spare it makes minimalism seem decadent: Two sets of two piano notes and blunt,...