A new wave of Latinx artists – among them, Kelman Duran, DJ Python and Tomasa del Real – are shaping the world-conquering reggaeton sound made famous by Daddy Yankee and J Balvin into radical sounds.

"Gasolina" is Yankee's encore, and the boisterous crowd has been anxiously awaiting the familiar, roaring motors all night. Yankee wants the payoff — the screams, the singing along, the perreo — ...

Then there’s Mexican American dynamo Becky G, who scored a slot at Coachella in April, bringing out Natti Natasha and Peso Pluma as special guests. Her biting breakup anthem “Mamiii,” a collaboration ...

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 ...

Let's face it: We're still playing our favorite reggaetón tracks from more than a decade ago — oh, those Pepe jeans and Baby Phat days. Sure we might recall the feelings when Rakim & Ken-y dropped ...

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.

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 ...

“Mi música no discrimina a nadie así que vamos a romper, Toda mi gente se mueve.” In the opening lines of J Balvin’s reggaetón hit Mi Gente, the Colombian superstar makes his listeners a few promises.

The decision to award reggaeton artist J Balvin as Afro-Latino Artist of the Year last month is a familiarly puzzling and frustrating story. The musical genre — created by Afro-Panamanians and ...

It's not easy packing your bags and saying goodbye to your family after a Category 5 hurricane has wiped out what you call home, leaving so many places — tied so closely with childhood memories and ...