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La Mala (Rodríguez) Returns: Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

On this week's playlist, Spanish rapper Mala Rodríguez returns with her first solo track in five years, Gaby Moreno delivers an old pro-immigrant anthem with renewed fervor, and Cubaton goes global.
Mala Rodríguez pays homage to her Andalusian roots in the video for her new single, "Gitana."

This week, musicians all over Latin America asked a lot of questions. Mala Rodríguez's first solo song since 2013 leads with the question, "Who protects me?" For La Mala, the question comes from an empowered, long-scorned woman. Gaby Moreno asks the same question, but for Central American immigrants. Other truth-seekers this week: New York-based Mexican singer Marrón

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