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About The Writer

Gabriel Bras Nevares is a workers author for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH whereas finishing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington College in the summertime of 2022.

Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop information protection, akin to his evaluation for Dangerous Bunny’s hometown live performance in 2024. However extra particularly, he digs for the deeper facet of hip-hop conversations, whether or not that’s the “demise” of the style in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the various transferring elements of the Younger Thug and YSL RICO case.

Past participating and breaking information protection, Gabriel makes essentially the most out of his live performance obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s additionally developed a powerful editorial voice by way of album critiques, think-pieces, and interviews with a few of the style’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.