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 ...
Recent tracks from Bad Bunny and Rauw Alejandro fuse the two styles. "A lot of people play it safe, but this needs to happen more," says producer Caleb Calloway “Everything [in reggaeton] for the last ...
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 ...
Tego Calderón enters stage right at Madison Square Garden. On cue, the crowd at last October’s second annual Megaton concert—the largest reggaetón event in the country—erupts into a frenzy. They’re ...
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 ...
Lime green and monster trucks highlighted Feid's sold-out shows in Colombia. (Photo by Andrés Puerta) With the breakthroughs of J Balvin, Maluma, and Karol G, Medellín, Colombia has become a hub for ...
Little-known artists have long bragged that they’re “big in Japan,” but a Spanish-language musical juggernaut is sweeping a much bigger market across the East China Sea. With its Latin beats and ...