Month: April 2025

Bad Bunny: Puerto Rican first, superstar second

For Americans, Latin music, over the past decade, just charged into the mainstream. With booming bass, suave swing, and lilting Spanish lyrics, Latin music has begun to dazzle American listeners, thrusting new artists into the global spotlight.

Today, there seems to be one name that is synonymous with Spanish-language music: Bad Bunny.

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist, was first discovered in 2016 after DJ Luian – a Puerto Rican record producer and songwriter – listened to Martínez’s song “Diles.” Martínez, who created and released music on SoundCloud under the moniker of “Bad Bunny,” was signed to Hear This Music. 

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Y/Project: Dare to be Different

Trends come and go within the fashion industry, but it takes just one person to dare to do something different and put the industry in a chokehold. The Y/Project is a brand that decided to change how clothes are perceived and transformed it into a more conceptual and indulgent art perspective.

The Y/Project is a Parisian fashion brand founded and launched by Yohan Sefaty in 2010 alongside co-founder Gilles Elalouf. Serfaty was an enigmatic and beloved designer who treated his brand as his personal wardrobe. In addition, he was the original ‘Y’ in the name. When the brand first started, it was mainly menswear with lots of dark colors, drapey fabrics inspired by Rick Owens, and austere designs. However, the brand took its first hit due to Serfaty’s untimely passing in 2013 due to cancer. 

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Little 5 Points Fest: Celebrating the Offbeat

Under a canopy of flowering trees dusted with spring pollen, Atlanta’s alternative heartbeat thumped loudly last Saturday as the annual Little 5 Points Fest took over Seminole Avenue. 

On March 29, the historic neighborhood transformed into a vibrant showcase of everything that makes Little 5 Points—affectionately known as L5P—the city’s countercultural center. The significance of this celebration is heightened by the rich history of the neighborhood itself. In the early 1920s, L5P emerged as one of Atlanta’s first commercial districts outside of downtown, quickly becoming home to movie theaters, groceries, and restaurants. 

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