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    Tidal Gives Credit Where It’s Due by Highlighting Black Latinx Musical Icons In New Series

    Tidal just launched its first animated project, Footprints, a series dedicated to celebrating the African and Indigenous roots of Latin music that are often overlooked. Episode one, which is narrated by Afro-Latinx artist Amara La Negra, highlights the work of black Latinx like Joe Arroyo and Celia Cruz. “The irony is that we could never…

  • Watch: Amara La Negra Shares Her Natural Hair Journey

    Amara La Negra is a proud Afro-Latina who “embraces her truth.” For La Negra this means that rocking her hair in its natural form—an afro. But the pop star’s striking hairstyle hasn’t always been so well received. “I’ve had so many stones, and so many rocks thrown at me that eventually it just stopped hurting,”…

  • Top 7 Moments From BET’s Social Awards ’18

    Social media has come a long way since Black Planet backgrounds and MySpace top eights, and BET’s first-ever Social Awards ’18, held this weekend in Atlanta, were further evidence of that. A hashtag can spawn a movement, and the right Instagram status can make you a star. BET’s Social Awards ’18, hosted by comedian Michael…

  • Can We Talk About Amara La Negra’s Appearance on The Breakfast Club?

    The Love & Hip Hop franchise has a new Afro-Latina on its roster: Amara La Negra. And the buxom, gray-eyed, Afro-rocking, melanin-poppin’ recording artist is making major waves online, mostly because of the criticism surrounding her dark skin and kinky hair. Before you check your calendar, yes, I can confirm that it is indeed 2018…

  • Watch: ‘Yo Soy Afro-Latina

    If there is one thing that Sammy Sosa, an Afro-Latino man, and his skin-bleaching fiasco has taught us, it’s to be proud of who you are. The term “Afro-Latino” (or the gender-neutral “Afro-Latinx”) is used to refer to African descendants from Latin America. For many growing up, being black and Latinx was not always beautiful.…