One year ago, Billboard launched the Growing Up Latino series. Since then, many stars have taken to the confession chair to share their best childhood memories, including their favorite foods and hilarious chancleta moments.
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To celebrate the series’ first anniversary, we’ve compiled the overall best 15 moments, including Ha*Ash‘s food debate, Jessie Reyez‘s immigration analysis and Anuel AA saying that the mofongo is not Puerto Rican.
Check them out below.
15. Thalía and Sofia Reyes are proud of their Mexican heritage
14. Natalia Jimenez says that in Spain, people are unfiltered and television is uncensored
13. The Rivera family and their cravings
12. Becky G explains how the Spanglish slang “pero like” represents kids who grew up in a Latin family, but are living in the U.S.
11. Alejandra Guzmán explains the meaning of her tattoos
10. Maluma admits Thalia is his biggest telenovela crush
9. Anitta says that cabrón is her favorite Spanish word — even though she doesn’t know if it is a good or bad one
8. Ha*Ash: Hanna confuses tamales with nopales (which is far away from being a food)
7. Wisin & Yandel sing their favorite Puerto Rican anthems
6. Jessie Reyez gets emotional about immigration issues
5. Rice with corned beef is most Puerto Rican singers’ favorite dish (see: Ozuna, Luis Fonsi and De La Ghetto’s episodes)
4. Mau and Ricky take home the prize for best chancleta moment
3. Prince Royce teaches us Dominican slang
2. Daddy Yankee shares his family playlist for cleaning the house
1. Anuel AA gets confused about Puerto Rican authentic dishes