José Balvin remembers being 17 when he noticed an ad for a used 1997 Volkswagen Golf in the local newspaper. With dreams of driving around Colombia to sing reggaeton and sell CDs out of a […]
The Father, the Son and Daddy Yankee. The Puerto Rican rapper, 46, has seemingly decided to retire from reggaeton music to embrace his faith in Jesus Christ. The “Despacito” singer held his farewell tour, La […]
Daddy Yankee retired last year after a career spanning more than 30 years. In that time, reggaeton has become one of the most profitable genres in the music industry. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Rihanna’s Savag […]
With the release of their song Fish Market in 1989, the Jamaican duo Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson inadvertently changed the course of pop music. The track featured the first known example of […]
Netflix is launching “Neon,” a comedy series based on the world’s favorite music genre, reggaeton. The streamer’s show is starred by Tyler Dean Flores, Emma Ferreira, Jordan Mendoza, and Courtney Taylor and was created by […]
Amazon Music continues supporting the Latino community through its Game Changers initiative. The platform recently debuted the first edition of La Nueva Pack, a new series of Amazon Originals compilations. In La Nueva Pack, talented […]
Reggaeton originated in Panama as Afro-diasporic music. It was a transformation of dancehall, hip-hop, and reggae en español that eventually made its way to NYC, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the rest of Latin […]