For Villano Antillano, finding success has meant carving out a revolutionary path of her own. 'I’m creating music knowing I may be killed for this,' says Latin rap's first prominent trans star. 'We have to be proud and stand tall.”
is at its peak right now, with artists like Bad Bunny breaking global streaming records once held by icons like Drake and world tours selling out in minutes. It hasn’t always been an easy road getting here, as forms of music once created as methods of resistance, then constantly picked apart by racism, have found strength in their pop ascendance. For Antillano, finding success has meant carving out a revolutionary path of her own.
It wasn’t until a few years later, after launching an underground music career, that she came to embrace who she truly is. “The person who I was releasing [music] as, all of that wasn’t actually my full, authentic self,” she says, recalling an early EP,, that she released as a male-presenting artist with blond hair, major swag, and a proud queer identity. “
It was a difficult position for an artist whose work is deeply rooted in personal experiences, making for the star attitude that millions of fans have since fallen in love with. The Latin rap and reggaeton scenes have a long history of machismo, homophobia, and racism. In recent years, there has been pressure to hold artists accountable for their actions or lack thereof regarding social responsibility. Yet Antillano has
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