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GNSF! A$AP Ferg on Selena: ‘She’s a trill Latina’

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I caught up with A$AP Ferg, the young rapper from Harlem and member of the A$AP Mob, during his recent stop at San Diego’s House of Blues. We talked about the obvious things like the excitement of his first tour — opening up for Juicy J in 37-cities. Of course, we talked about A$AP Rocky. Ferg [...]

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GNSF! Chingo Bling’s Jenni Rivera Tribute Got Me Thinking

It was just a day after I submitted my Chingo Bling article to NBC “SoundDiego” that I stumbled on his tribute to Jenni Rivera – and ummm – I almost shed a tear. “I feel things. I express them through music. Here’s a song I wrote from a fan’s perspective. My respects to all the [...]

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Best Transborder Music You Should’ve Watched in 2012

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What makes San Diego’s music landscape so rich and unique is the fact that it’s a bordertown with  Tijuana as its neighbor. Transborder musical exchanges inadvertantly occur, creating some pretty incredible sounds and musical acts: Julieta Venegas, Nortec Collective, Ceci Bastida and Carla Morrison to name a few. In fact, Tijuana’s musicians are on the [...]

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Who is Tijuana’s Latinsizer?

Carolina Sánchez & Ariel Escarcega for FMEL & Media Selectah

Tijuana is the the birthplace of everything cool in transborder music. After all, the city has birthed trendsetters like Julieta Venegas, Ceci Bastida, Carla Morrison and the guys who put Tijuana EDM on the map: Nortec Collective Bostich + Fussible. Pepe Mogt, the man who puts the Fussible in Bostich + Fussible, is also the [...]

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GNSF! Why This Girl Is Tough

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Source: You can’t help but envy Denisse Salcido, a.k.a. Girl Is Tough, with her Neutrogena skin and perfect bangs. Besides that, her feel-good dance music with a voice sort of reminds me of the supercool ’80s trio, Exposé, which is intruiging. Girl is Tough is a beatmaker/DJ/singer with a penchant for love songs and dope [...]

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GNSF! Get ‘Up’ with Tijuana’s Dani Shivers

Photo Credit: Luis Garcia

Dani Shivers, the Casio goth-pop princess de Tijuana is back with a vengeance for her music video “Up” – a track off her upcoming album JINX. I ran into her at AMF and surprisingly she was a social butterfly amongst the crowd and, of course, decked out in her signature mod long-sleeve mini-dress, a pair [...]

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GNSF! [VIDEO] Francisca Valenzuela Tackles Issues in ‘Buen Soldado’

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Francisca Valenzuela came correct with “Buen Soldado” tackling issues on the perceptions of women’s roles. The video opens up with a booty shot then the camera tilts up to show the woman’s bare back receiving a tramp stamp, except it’s a tattoo saying Francisca Valenzuela in calligraphy. Where rap videos cement women as 24/7 sexual [...]

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GNSF! Why Hi Dolla Honey Is The Champion For Female Rappers

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You probably haven’t heard about the Texas rapper, Hi Dolla Honey. But, you should. Hi Dolla Honey, 32, is the underdog and champion for female rappers: Black, White, Puerto Rican, or Haitian – you know the rest. This year, she won a $2.1M judgement against her crooked former manager, Marcus Fleming Goree, on the grounds [...]

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GNSF! [WINNERS VIDEO] ALMA 2012 so short but dazzling

I got lucky stumbling on The 2012 NCLR ALMA Awards ceremony. I swear to GOD, Latinos really get the short end of the stick when it comes to mainstream recognition. When it was 8:58PM, the show got shut down – they said

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GNSF! ‘Breaking Bad’ with Ana Tijoux on NBC’s ‘SoundDiego’

The Chilean Latin alternative singer Ana Tijoux talks to GN$F!’s Dita Quinones at the Casbah about her “Breaking Bad” song. Watch Source: SoundDiego | Music Reviews, Events and New Artist Profiles | NBC 7 San Diego View more videos at: http://nbcsandiego.com.

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