# @annmariegajdos on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DctlwmLJUKI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69992504-annmariegajdos-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T17:13:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Annmarie Katherine | NYC (@annmariegajdos) — https://gondola.cc/annmariegajdos

## Caption

Puerto Rican music has had an undeniable impact on the global music industry, but DJ Guari says there’s still another part of the Latin music scene that hasn’t gotten the same recognition: the DJs.

I caught up with Guari, co-founder of the Mundo movement, at 9AM Banger’s Rise & Rosé in El Barrio to talk about the sounds shaping his sets, the difference between Nuyorican and island Puerto Rican music culture, and why community remains at the center of what he’s building.

Mundo began with Guari and Dos Flacos throwing a party in a Bronx bodega because, as he puts it, they wanted to create something for their people uptown. Since then, the movement has grown, while Guari has continued experimenting with what Latin electronic music can sound like.

“Pop music has accepted DJs as pop artists. Hip-hop has accepted DJs as pop artists. They’re still not accepting Latin DJs.”

For Guari, the next chapter includes bringing those worlds together even further. He has new music on the way blending reggaeton with drum and bass and says New York’s growing Latin rave scene is creating space for DJs to be producers, artists, and cultural tastemakers in their own right.

This interview is part of my 9AM Banger interview series highlighting the DJs, founders, and creatives behind a party that brings people together through music, movement, and cultures from around the world.

More conversations from the Rise & Rosé Festival are coming this week with the 9AM Banger founders, Moochie, Sounds of Reality, and CHVMELEON🎧🌎

@djguari @the9ambanger @mundonewyork 
#dj #9ambanger #puertorico #latindjs #bronx

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latindjs, 9ambanger, puertorico, dj, bronx

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