ROSARITO BEACH, Mexico — The shore of this Mexican coastal town is now synonymous with the palpable rhythm of reggaeton. For the last two weekends, the sold-out Baja Beach Fest in Rosarito Beach ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2021, reggaeton sits at the center of global pop music. Bad Bunny was Spotify’s most-streamed artist of last year, while artists like J Balvin, Farruko and Karol G rack up hundreds of millions of ...

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 ...

The first time I heard "El Abayarde," I thought, "Who is this dude straight dropping fire lyrics on these reggaeton beats?!" Until then, reggaeton had been (at least to me) party music. It was my ...

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 ...