Reanna Cruz
Reanna Cruz is a news assistant for NPR Music's Alt.Latino.
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On Charli XCX's Crash, the artist leans fully into a mainstream pop persona for the first time in almost a decade. -
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Jackass Forever, StraightioLab podcast, and True Blood. -
Blackfishing aside, there's a reason Jesy Nelson isn't a household name. With toothless lyrics and nondescript vocals, Nelson commits the cardinal solo career sin: being boring
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Nicki Nicole's Tiny Desk home concert is representative of her artistry writ large, as an artist born in 2000 but with a connection to sounds and styles beyond her years.
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The type of song you play on speakers until they burst, "check1" pushes the needle forward for a genre that sometimes feels stuck in its own mythos.
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The reggaetón superstar kicks off our "El Tiny" takeover of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series.
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"Outside" sets the tone for Injury Reserve's deeply claustrophobic, delightfully warped experimental hip-hop album.
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It's hard to get more SoCal than this.
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Moved both by the loss of a founding member and a desire to return to the rap group's experimental roots, Injury Reserve's "Knees" feels like a musical left turn.
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What happens when you take one of the greatest hitmakers of all time, pop's current It Girl and an Australian dance music trio? You get a roller rink-ready jam.
