Who said reggaeton couldn’t be played with an orchestra? On Monday, Yandel announced that he’ll be hitting the road to support his Sinfónico en Vivo album, and he’ll be playing his reggaeton hits but ...
Lately, these outings are sound­tracked by reggaeton: Though Puerto Rico and, in more recent years, Colombia have been the typical centers for the genre, playlists have changed dramatically in Mexico.
Sweeping the streets of urban communities with an infectious blend of Latinoinfused dancehall hiphop and reggae reggaeton has become one of the most exciting new genres in the music industry This ...
LAS VEGAS — Traditional reggaeton music embraces the distinctive rhythm of a start-stop addictive beat that, for the most part, never changes. But is that enough to create a global hit like Daddy ...
I was born in San Francisco, CA to two Chicano musicians who connected over their complete obsession with playing and studying music. Once we were old enough to hold instruments, my sister and I ...
Reggaeton has been one of the biggest genres in music globally for 20 years. In truth, there probably should have been a reggaeton-focused television series ages ago, but Netflix’s Neon fills the gap ...
A federal judge has denied the motion to dismiss a massive copyright lawsuit targeting over a 1,000 reggaeton songs from such globally recognized acts as Bad Bunny and J Balvin. The allegations claim ...
One of the most important narratives in contemporary pop has been the emergence of Latin music as a potent commercial force in the United States. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of Spanish-language ...
Decades before Farruko became one of Puerto Rico’s stand-out reggaeton MCs, the 30-year-old was a huge fan of Eurodance artists like Alice Deejay. “That was my childhood,” confesses Farruko of the ...
In reggaeton, as in rap, performers have a macho compulsion to outdo each other, usually with faster, smoother and wittier rhymes. But by any standard, singer Don Omar earned top bragging rights ...