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Bonus Episode: The blessing and curse of the '90s Latin Pop Explosion

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Rickie and the Leather Pants

Lela cobo is vice president in billboard magazine. She's also the author of the book decoding despacito, an oral history of latin music. Even though this performance was maybe the first time many americans had seen ricki, he'd been around for a while. He was an artist that would sell out stadiums throughout south America and mexico. But outside of the spanish speaking world, people really didn't know him.

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