Daddy Yankee’s ‘Gasolina’ is first reggaeton song in National Recording Registry : NPR

Daddy Yankee's 'Gasolina' is first reggaeton song in National Recording Registry : NPR

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 […]

Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world | Music

The label on the 7” single of Fish Market by Steely & Clevie

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 […]

Daddy Yankee Helped Make Reggaeton Mainstream

Daddy Yankee Helped Make Reggaeton Mainstream

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 […]