Calle 13’s front man rapper, René Pérez, better known as “Residente,” was getting ready to perform this past weekend before tens of thousands of fans in Chile. He and his band are on a Latin American ...

Residente and Jessie Reyez have shared a stripped-down version of “El Encuentro,” their lovelorn collaboration from Residente’s latest LP, Las Letras Ya No Importan. “El Encuentro” is a ...

After dropping his explosive Bizarrap freestyle targeting J Balvin, Residente said that his feud with Balvin has been brewing for a while and explained the context around his blistering, eight-minute ...

In the middle of the feud, on Oct. 2 Balvin’s father reposted a two-year-old video spoof by Residente and his brother where they mock a similar call to boycott the Latin Grammys. “J Balvin meant to ...

One of Latin America's most outspoken rappers is opening up about his collaboration with Bad Bunny and owning his own music Two of Latin America’s superstar rappers are joining forces in a new ...

The Puerto Rican rapper from Calle 13 places romance alongside resistance on “Las Letras Ya No Importan.” By Jon Pareles Residente — the Puerto Rican songwriter René Pérez Joglar — is lying, or at ...

Throughout his 20-year music career, the Grammy-winning rapper Residente has established a reputation for challenging the status quo through piercing lyrics, often considered controversial or ...

Amid the most crucial political crisis to hit Puerto Rico in its modern history, three Puerto Rican musicians have released a protest song that is spreading across the island as fast as news of the ...

On the heels of his historic partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment to launch 1868 Studios, Latin music superstar Rene “Residente” Perez Joglar is unsurprisingly setting down real estate roots ...

Two years ago, René Pérez Joglar took a chance. For over a decade, the 39-year-old had been the voice of Calle 13, a Puerto Rican hip-hop crew that had grown to massive visibility. The two core ...

René Pérez Joglar is a man on a quest. As co-founder of one of Latin music’s biggest acts, the alternative rap group Calle 13, Pérez Joglar’s drive to explore, expand, push boundaries and affect ...