Born in the youth centers of Oakland, California in 2006, our performers today are Los Rakas, a pair of cousins of Panamanian descent that perform in both English and Spanish and, even better, teach Spanish through their music. National Geographic said that their music is bringing reggaeton back to its Panamanian roots, while the New York Observer wrote that Los Rakas is changing how we think of hip hop - two genres that show how broad Los Rakas' repertoire is. Bringing the pride of the pueblo forth in their music, the band uses "raka" as their name, where a raka is a person who is proud of who he or she is. This song, Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero, can be found on their 2009 album PanaBay Twist 2: La Tanda Del Bus.
Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.
Sources: https://losrakas.com/
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