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"Yo Soy Boricua, Pa' Que Tu Lo sepas!" (English: I am Puerto Rican, so that you know!) is a song composed in 1995 by Joel Bosch or (Bosh) a.k.a. Taino. [1] [2] The song was born out of a moment of frustration and pride, as Taino overheard an engineer insulting Puerto Ricans in English during a recording session. [3]
Puerto Rican musician Roy Brown Ramírez set many of Corretjer's poems to music, particularly "Boricua en la luna", "En la vida todo es ir" (later versioned by artists such as Joan Manuel Serrat, Mercedes Sosa, Antonio Cabán Vale, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, Fiel A La Vega, Lucecita Benítez and others), "Distancias", "Diana de Guilarte" and ...
La Borinqueña " [b] [c] is the official anthem [4] of Puerto Rico. [ 5 ] After Puerto Rico became known as "The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" in 1952, [ 4 ] the first elected governor, Luis Muñoz Marín , signed law #2 of July 24, 1952, which made an altered version of the musical composition known as "La Borinqueña" its national anthem.
Fiel a La Vega is a Rock en Español band from Puerto Rico formed in 1994. The band consisted of members Tito Auger and Ricky Laureano (vocals and guitars), who come from the northern city of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, along with brothers Pedro and Jorge Arraiza (drums and bass), who come from the neighboring city of Vega Baja.
Taino broke barriers of Latin Rap with his successful track, Yo Soy Boricua Pa' Que Tu Lo Sepas!, as it became an anthem [13] for Puerto Ricans around the world. In 2015 Newspaper Primera Hora wrote a piece calling the title "a 20 años de nuestro coro mas famoso" [English] "20 Years After Our Most Famous Chorus" calling Taino's chorus to be ...
Danny Rivera is often called “the national voice of Puerto Rico", [5] but his passionate singing style is known in the Spanish-speaking world. In Latin America, he has been a familiar face on television since 1968.
Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tú lo sepas! is a documentary film co-directed by Liz Garbus and Rosie Perez, in which Perez explores Puerto Rican culture and history, from New York City's Puerto Rican Day Parade to a broader examination of Puerto Rico's past.
Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española; Tesoro lexicográfico del español de Puerto Rico, a collection of 65 dictionaries and glossaries of Puerto Rican Spanish. Puerto Rican Spanish Dictionary and Phrase Book; López Morales, Humberto: Arcaismos lexicos en el espaňol de Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican Spanish 101