Written & Edited by: Shirley Reynozo @moyamusic_ Mariah Buckles didn’t always dream of being your favorite R&B artist. She initially set her sights on pursuing pediatric anesthesiologist at St. John’s University before she was encouraged to change paths to follow her inherent talent for performing. In 2018 she did just that and emerged as Mariah
At first I tried to fit into something, but then I remembered that I moved to Turin, and that’s when I started to see all the black girls. And they were living. They had a different style and they were not shy about it, they didn’t care. I went back to the Dominican Republic with a different mindset. I wanted to embrace my culture and come back to Italy and be bi-cultural. There is nothing wrong with it. The community keeps growing because times are different, but there’s still that type of racism that’s subtle.
Some of the greatest platforms available to us all today are platforms that seek to elevate the voices of artists of across genres. We Plug Good Music is one of those platforms which seeks to democratize music and honor the nuances of artistic expression, namely that of the Black diaspora. We had the pleasure of
Reinaldo Santiago Pacheco, known by his stage name, Villano Antillano, has been one of the pioneers of the queer movement within the urban genre in Puerto Rico. Born in Bayamón, Villano Antillano considers himself a non-binary person whose approach to music is as challenging and irreverent as it is magnetic and revolutionary. Openly bisexual and