Los Angeles Times

• How Mount Wilson and Calabasas roads fueled Don Toliver's new album, 'Octane' | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 30, 2026, 11 a.m.
For his last album, "Hardstone Psycho," Don Toliver delivered a grungey understanding of biker culture. So on his new record, "Octane," the Houston rapper recenters his car obsession and turns to his need for speed as sonic inspiration.

• Why Madison Beer says her 'locket' album has 'a sprinkle of 2011 on it' | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 26, 2026, 11 a.m.
Madison Beer's latest release, "locket," is full of references and inspirations from the music of the 2010s, which Beer grew up with.

• Venezuelan band Rawayana accidentally dropped a timely new album | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 8, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
Rawayana's sixth album, '¿Dónde Es El After?,' is a vibrant show of Venezuelan pride amid conflict — with a prescient message from the country's late intellectual Arturo Uslar Pietri.

• Bad Bunny gana el Latin Grammy al álbum del año por 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS' | Los Angeles Times | Nov. 14, 2025, 4:27 a.m.
Bad Bunny ganó el jueves el premio al álbum del año por “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” en los Latin Grammy 2025.

• Meet the Puerto Rican acts featured on Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 18, 2025, 12:47 a.m.
Bad Bunny created his most Puerto Rican album to date, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' with the help of the island's rising stars, who brought their own flair to the LP.

• Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' is a love letter to Puerto Rico. This professor helped him tell the island's history | Los Angeles Times | Jan. 8, 2025, 12:24 a.m.
Released Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history.

• For the guest rappers on 'GNX,' recording with Kendrick Lamar means 'You’ve got to be a student.' | Los Angeles Times | Nov. 27, 2024, 10 p.m.
A few months ago, the Compton rapper Siete7x was up in the Bay Area shooting a music video.

• For Kendrick Lamar, spite is an engine on the exhilarating 'GNX' | Los Angeles Times | Nov. 24, 2024, 11:38 p.m.
The Compton rapper's new LP dropped without warning on Friday in the wake of his epic feud with Drake.