RiTchie, also known as Ritchie with a T, is best known as one of the rappers in the transgenerational and multiracial rap group Injury Reserve with producer Parker Corey and late rapper Stepa J.

Ritchie Valens, the teenager hailed as the first Hispanic rock star, is perhaps best remembered for the enduring Spanish rock song “La Bamba.” Alongside immortal rockers Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper ...

Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers who died in ...