This heavenly creature has been doing the West Coast R&B thang for a minute, but the world’s about to get a taste of homegirl’s sassy style. More than a curvy beauty (damn those curves!!), LaLa has what it takes to top the charts. Her sultry voice melts over feel-good tracks and adds just enough Spansglish to make you wanna take her home to meet the fam!

Her upcoming album should be a doozy! She somehow managed to get, not one, but FOUR legendary rappers to bless her LP. She’s got Fat Joe on a laid-back remake of L.L.Cool J’s “I Need Love”, giving the album some necessary East Coast flavor. But her strength, of course, lies in her Cali vibe, and for that she enlisted the help of true veteranos. She cut tracks with Mack 10 (of West Side Connection), Lil’ Rob and The Game. 

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The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took over Houston on November 13th, and aired exclusively on Univision Network.  Not surprisingly, Juanes was the night’s big winner, taking home 5 statues, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.  He now has a total of 17 Latin Grammy awards…more than any other human being who sings in Spanish.

The evening was a star-studded affair with performances from Kany Garcia, Cafe Tacvba, Julieta Venegas, Flex, Belinda, Juanes, Banda El Recodo, Fonseca, Jenni & Lupillo Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Carlos Santana, John Legend and many more. 

Here’s a list of those who nabbed trophies:

Record of the year: Me Enamora, Juanes

Album of the year: La Vida… Es Un Ratico, Juanes

Song of the year: Me Enamora, Juanes

Best new artist: Kany García

Best female pop vocal album: Cualquier Día, Kany García

Best male pop vocal album: La Vida… Es Un Ratico, Juanes

Best pop album by a duo or group with vocal: Fantasía Pop, Belanova

Best urban music album: Los Extraterrestres, Wisin y Yandel

Best urban song: Te Quiero, Flex

Best rock solo vocal album: La Lengua Popular, Andrés Calamaro

Best rock album by a duo or group with vocal: Eternamiente, Molotov

Best rock song: Esta Vez, Café Tacvba

Best alternative music album: MTV Unplugged, Julieta Venegas

Best alternative song: Volver A Comenzar, Café Tacvba

Best  banda album: Ayer, Hoy y Siempre, Los Horóscopos De Durango

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It was Barack Obama’s speech in New hampshire during the 2008 primary elections that captivated Will.i.Am. He thought of Lincoln, Kennedy and Marthin Luther King. It was as powerful a speech as he’d ever heard, and it inspired him.

He thought of putting Obama’s words to music, then happened upon a guitar arrangement composed by his long-time friend George Pajon, Jr. The result, as we all know, was an internet sensation that reached the eyes & ears of a new generation of voters. 

We sat down with George Pajon, Jr. to talk about the phenomenon of the “Yes We can” song, as well as the Spanish version he recorded with Taboo (of Black Eyed Peas) and Andy Vargas.  

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