Polito Vega – El Rey de la Radio
Latin music has lost one of its greats. Not an artist per se, but still a performer and as impactful as anyone performing on stage could be. Known as “El Rey de la Radio” DJ Polito Vega passed a...
Pedro Morales The Greatest Puerto Rican Wrestler of All Time
The day is October 22nd, but the year is 1942. It’s the day Pedro Antonio Morales was born. While impossible to know then, it means wrestling great Pedro Morales came into the world. A man that left a...
I Am Legend: Pelé
When people think about soccer legends, icons and greats a single name is often mentioned: Pelé. The Brazilian icon stole the show for his skills on the pitch. He’s also remembered for his incredible life o...
El Matador – Chi-Chi Rodriguez
The putting green was his stage, a golf club his prop and the 18-hole course his partner; it may be an unlikely medium for a poor, Puerto Rican boy in the 1940s to find his calling, but Chi-Chi Rodriguez did t...
Piri Thomas | The Flow Master
Living in a dichotomous world where color was chosen over culture, Piri Thomas an Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican man busted open a literary door for future Latino writers to successfully walk through. For so many ...
The Original King of Comedy…Cantinflas
At the dawn of Mexico’s golden age of cinema, a single man helped start the party. He remains an indelible star and symbol of his country’s humility, humor and people. Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, pr...
Raul Julia…The Embodiment of ‘There Are No Small Parts’
Before success was measured solely by box office numbers, Raul Julia was every actor’s definition of the word success. Whether playing Othello on Broadway or Rafael, the maintenance man on Sesame Street, Raul a...
Edward James Olmos…A True Hollywood Don
Sometimes you choose your profession and sometimes a profession chooses you. You might say this is what happened to Edward James Olmos. Despite harboring dreams of being a baseball star, the 70-year-old Mexican...
Freddie Prinze – A Prinze Among Men
“Loooooking good!”
That single line let loose from the wide grin of a handsome and lanky kid from New York City’s Washington Heights, cemented Freddie Prinze as a cultural icon and comic legend.
Frederick Karl...
Our Greatest Rapper of All Time – Big Pun
From his mouth to our ears, Christopher Lee Rios aka Big Pun summarized who he was in a singular line. Rios was a student of the art of rap. He represented to the fullest with melodic verses that infused humor...