Pop music's 'Latin Explosion' of 1999

Pop music's 'Latin Explosion' of 1999

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Our play cousins at NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast reexamine the so-called "Latin explosion" of the late '90s: What it was supposed to be for audiences across the U.S., and what it actually came to represent. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of p ...  Show more

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