Deborah Pacini Hernandez wrote a book titled Oye Como Va!, which she explains about hybridity and identity. According to the book, she is associate professor of Anthropology and American studies at Tufts University. She has written other books on Spanish-language music, such as Bachata: A Social History of Dominican Popular Music and Reggaeton and Rockin’ Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America. This to an extent allows me to consider Hernandez an authoritative source for my topic. Hernandez goes over hybridity, which is “the mixture of two or more dissimilar elements” (1). She also highlights her title that is “Oye Como Va!” to tell that it is crucial to her because it means “Listen to how it goes!” to talk about Spanish-language