Nelson began playing trumpet as a 12-year-old in Tampa, Fla., his hometown. Encouraged by his bandleader, who studied at Howard University and the Chicago Conservatory of Music, Nelson continued ...

Díaz began using “Narco” as his entrance song in 2018 in Seattle and put it back in play in 2020 with the Mets. “Narco” reached No. 1 on Spotify’s Viral 50 chart this month.

From the time he took to the road as an 18 year old performing in front of 25,000 fans with Con Funk Shun, to sold out gigs with Huey Lewis & The News, to four-star productions like “Book… ...