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A sonically diverse coterie of artists featuring Talib Kweli, Ana Tijoux, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Downtown Boys has united on ¡Viva Puerto Rico!, a compilation album which will raise funds for the hardest hit areas of Puerto Rico post-Maria. “Music as a form of resistance and resilience runs deep in our Puerto Rican culture and history,” album organizer Taina Asili said in a statement. “Gathering musicians together to do something to support those rebuilding from the hurricane is an act I take as a continuation of our ancestral legacy.” One hundred percent of proceeds from the compilation's sales will go directly to MariaFund.org, a fund organized solely by Puerto Ricans on the island and of the diaspora. Funds will go to support immediate relief and rebuilding in the island's most vulnerable areas. Listen to the compilation below, and buy it on Bandcamp. ¡Viva Puerto Rico! by ¡Viva Puerto Rico!

Downtown Boys

Talib Kweli, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and More Unite for Puerto Rico Benefit Album

Video: Downtown Boys – “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)”

Review: Downtown Boys’ Fierce Cost of Living Gives Their Mission a Stirring, Unsparing Sound

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Downtown Boys – “Lips That Bite”

Downtown Boys Announce Summer Tour

Downtown Boys Announce Sub Pop Debut Cost of Living, Share Fist-Pumping Single “A Wall”

Thurston Moore, Against Me!, Tom Morello Contribute to Chelsea Manning Benefit Compilation

New Music: Downtown Boys – “Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)”

Priests, Downtown Boys, Screaming Females, More Sign Open Letter Regarding SXSW’s Deportation Clause

SXSW Announces Initial Lineup for 2016

Berserktown II: Punk’s Last Stand

SXSW 2015: The 21 Best Things We Saw in Austin

Stream Downtown Boys’ Thrashing Feminist Anthem, ‘Monstro’

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