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Latin Grammys: From Sie7e, With Love (and Amor)

By Reed JohnsonStaff Writer 
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The Latin Recording Academy sets pretty strict rules when it comes to the language content of Latin Grammy-nominated songs. Nominees for Song of the Year, for example, must contain at least 51% Spanish or Portuguese lyrics.

But that still leaves 49% that can be in English, Spanglish, Finnish or Yiddish, if you like. What matters is mixing languages poetically, playfully, wittily and expressively, which is what up-and-coming Puerto Rican singer Sie7e, otherwise known as David Rodriguez, manages to do on bilingual songs such as ‘Tengo tu love,’ which he performed after winning this year’s Best New Artist award.

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-- Reed Johnson

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Reed Johnson

Reed Johnson es el ex editor de Los Angeles Times en Español. En 2018, se reincorporó a Los Angeles Times como editor asistente. Johnson había trabajado anteriormente para The Times como escritor de 2000 a 2014, incluidos cuatro años y medio como escritor de cultura latinoamericana del periódico, con sede en la Ciudad de México. También ha trabajado como reportero para el Wall Street Journal, con sede en São Paulo, Brasil; como editor de Zócalo Public Square; y como reportero del Detroit News, el L.A. Daily News y el Times-Union de Rochester, Nueva York.

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