Katelina Eccleston at SMC

Katelina “Gata” Eccleston (@reggaetonconlagata) is an internationally renowned music historian, critic, multimedia artist, and executive producer recognized for her efforts in bridging the gap between academia, the Latin music industry, and the public through her critically acclaimed platform Reggaeton Con La Gata. It is the first bilingual platform dedicated to the intersectional analysis, musicology, and history of reggaeton music. Her opinions have helped shape the landscape of reggaeton high profile projects such as NEON by Netflix Debut 2023 Spotify Studios + Futuro Studios LOUD: The History of Reggaeton, 2021 and high-profile publications such as The Washington Post, Rollingstone, LA Times, NPR and many more. At the Santa Monica College #Perreo101Tour stop, join Gata for a talk about the social paradigms in reggaeton as heard in her podcast. She'll dive into reggaeton's roots in black resistance, the sociopolitical narratives that birthed the genre, and effective ways to center Black Latinxs, especially Black women and femmes, in reggaeton music.