Los Pleneros de la Cresta is a Puerto Rican plena ensemble formed in 2013 at the
University of Puerto Rico’s Río Piedras campus, featuring Joseph Ocasio Rivera,
Joshuan Ocasio Rivera, Jeyluix Ocasio Rivera, and Josué Román Figueroa. With “La
Cresta” nodding to the university’s rooster symbol, the group built its identity
around panderetas-driven plena, call-and-response choruses, and lyrics that
engage everyday life and social issues. Their recorded catalog began with Mucho
Gusto, Soy de la Isla (2015), followed by Puerto Rico Vive (2021), which kept
the traditional plena core wh...