When Daddy Yankee showed up at a Montebello gas station to hype his infectious hit “Gasolina,” the Puerto Rican recording star drew so many fans he couldn’t get out of the limo. That was the moment it ...
Daddy Yankee took reggaetón from San Juan to a global stage — and taught its stars a new way to do business. As he prepares his 10th album, he's showing why he's still The Big Boss. By Leila Cobo ...
A host of fusions between the two genres arrived this year, with implications for both the underground and the mainstream. By Isabelia Herrera It takes nerve to stretch the boundaries of reggaeton, a ...
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 ...
Breaking news: your playlist called, and it needs a refresh. Boost your usual reggaeton favorites with these Latinx artists sampling salsa, dance pop, trap, cumbia and indie-rock. From activists like ...
With dreams of music moguldom, Karol G is ready to prove she's more than just the genre's leading lady. By Griselda Flores Senior Editor, Latin 2020 was supposed to be Karol G’s year. As she rang in ...
The Colombian reggaeton superstar J Balvin was named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people Tuesday night. During a TIME100 broadcast special on ABC, Balvin said that he wants to “keep paving the ...
To launch our 2020 Black History Month special programming, we consider the genesis and evolution of reggaeton — a genre that started out as an uncensored commentary on race and class, but more ...