in 2018, de los santos became one of the main cast members on vh1's . her story line explores with color-ism and eurocentrism within the latin community, which has garnered significant media attention. the series chronicles her attempts to crossover to the mainstream american market. in the first season, she comes into conflict with light skinned latino producer young hollywood after he criticizes her afro during a business meeting. in the same year, la negra, landed a multi-album deal with bmg and then went on to release two singles, "insecure" and "what a bam bam", which was the song that went on to hit the number 8 spot on billboard's latin pop digital song sales chart in march 2018.