Karen Valencia, aka Karennoid of reggaeton DJ collective Agua de Rosas

DJ collective Agua de Rosas spread the gospel of reggaeton, and though they’re based in Milwaukee, they have an evangelist in Chicago too: Karen Valencia, better known as Karennoid. In November, the trio (Valencia, Julio Cordova, and Gabriela “Chanchita” Riveros) played their first Chicago gig at emerging underground dance haunt Podlasie Club. They opened for faceless Tijuana rapper Muxxxe, who stumbled onto the stage around 1 AM drunk on glamour and wine and threw down to a p