Gente de Zona Charity Live performance & Extra Uplifting Moments in Latin Tune

From profession milestones to new tune releases to primary bulletins and the ones little essential moments, Billboard editors spotlight uplifting moments in Latin tune. Right here’s what took place within the Latin tune global this week.

Gente De Zona and Guaynaa Carry out at We Love Basis

The We Love Basis celebrated its twelfth annual gala, bringing in combination personalities the world over of leisure; from type to tune. The gala happened Feb. 12 on the Rubell Museum in Miami.

Puerto Rican hitmaker Guaynaa and Cuban duo Gente de Zona carried out on the match. As well as, the basis offered its Spirit Award to Venezuelan comic George Harris, who was once a part of the 2024 Billboard Latin Tune Week.

Finances raised right through the gala will pass in opposition to humanitarian projects, together with fortify for Venezuela, Project:Mind in Mexico, the Guiribitey Basis within the Dominican Republic and the Agrolibano Basis in Honduras, in line with a press free up. “Those organizations paintings tirelessly to support the standard of lifetime of inclined communities by way of offering get right of entry to to well being, training and welfare.”

Shakespeare, Spiced Up: Amor with No B.S.

Amor with No B.S., an off-Broadway manufacturing staged at The Flea Theater in Ny on Valentine’s week (Feb. 11), showcased a Gen-Z Latin solid’s reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s undying works. This bold rendition, that includes Diego Echeverria, Sofía Vilches, Eli Vazquez, and Bralmarys Batista, highlighted trendy love and id problems, bringing humor and center to vintage items reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, 12th Night time, and Hamlet. A standout second featured Vilches masterfully turning in Unhealthy Bunny’s hit “Tití Me Preguntó” into Shakespearean prose, demonstrating the relationship between historical issues and the present reviews of younger Latin audiences. 

Via its 45-minute runtime, Amor with No B.S. fused conventional drama with trendy cultural nuances below the stewardship of manufacturer Roberto Sneider, director Estefanía Fadul, and playwright Matt Barber, with a backing from Chispa, the Latin-centric courting app. “Reimagining Shakespeare from a Latine point of view isn’t simply about modernizing a vintage — it’s a testomony to how younger Latino singles can personal their cultural identities, be proud in their roots, and nonetheless push the limits of affection,” Julia Estacolchic, head of name and advertising and marketing at Chispa, mentioned in a press free up. “Our Amor with No B.S. marketing campaign champions the concept that actual love thrives while you get rid of stereotypes and embody who you in point of fact are.”

Carlos Vives Celebrates His Mother

Carlos Vives celebrated his mother’s ninetieth birthday with a large hoorah, accompanied by way of mariachi and all. The Colombian singer-songwriter shared together with his greater than 8 million fans on Instagram footage and movies of the birthday celebration, expressing his love for his mom.

“We have a good time the ninetieth birthday of my mother, the lady who has taught me to like my land such a lot and to whom I owe my existence,” the “Fruta Fresca” singer wrote on an Instagram submit. “Love you mommy, you deserve the entire love and the entire most pretty songs on this planet.”

Rosalía Joins Euphoria

Spanish hitmaker Rosalía will sign up for the forged of HBO’s hit sequence Euphoria for its 3rd season, set to premiere in 2026. The inside track of her casting was once introduced on Friday (Feb. 14).

“If there’s anything else that excites me up to making a excellent melody or writing an ideal lyric, it’s turning into a greater performer each day,” Rosalía mentioned in a observation shared on Instagram. “Euphoria has been my favourite sequence over the previous couple of years and I couldn’t be happier and extra thankful to be performing along all of those extremely proficient those that I love such a lot and contributing my ‘granito de enviornment’ to carry Sam [Levinson’s] imaginative and prescient to fact to make magic. I will’t wait to percentage what we’re doing!!! Besitos, Rosi.”

Further reporting by way of Isabela Raygoza.