How President Trump’s Immigration Laws Impact Latin Music w/ Griselda Flores | Billboard On the Record

What happens erstwhile music, culture, and migration laws collide? In this episode, Billboard On The Record sits down with Billboard’s Senior Editor, Latin Griselda Flores to unpack the stories shaking up Latin euphony contiguous — from Trump’s migration laws to Coachella’s deficiency of determination Mexican artists to Bad Bunny’s lack from U.S. stages. Griselda opens up astir penning bold, sometimes polarizing pieces and however sharing uncomfortable conversations is changing the industry. 

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Kristin Robinson:

Welcome to On the Record, a caller euphony concern podcast with Billboard and SickBird Productions. I’m your host, Kristin Robinson, I’m a elder analogous present astatine Billboard. Each week connected the amusement I volition beryllium giving you a peek into the conversations I’m having with executives, artists and reporters each day, mundane arsenic portion of my occupation present astatine Billboard. On today’s show, I americium very, precise fortunate to beryllium joined by Billboard’s Senior Latin Editor, Griselda Flores, to speech done the interaction that Trump’s medication policies person had connected Latin musicians, fans and concerts. You mightiness person heard astir the caller quality that Bad Bunny is not readying to travel to the U.S. connected his adjacent circuit owed to fears astir imaginable ICE raids astatine his shows. This is 1 of galore stories that we’ll speech astir present today. As different example, Griselda volition beryllium joining america remotely from her hometown of Chicago wherever conscionable months agone the section Michelada Festival, which featured large acts similar Grupo Firme and Anitta connected its billing, were cancelled owed to uncertainty astir artists visas in, quote, a ‘rapidly changing governmental climate’. All of this has had a sizable interaction some culturally and economically connected the Latin euphony business, and arsenic Trump’s 2nd word progresses, it shows nary signs of slowing down. So, let’s spell up and bring successful the existent adept connected the topic. She’s been reporting astir it each year, delight invited to the show, Griselda Flores.

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