“Loud” asks us to reconsider mainstream histories of the genre, and reveals critical conversations about its roots and evolution. By Isabelia Herrera In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Madrid’s downtown area, a classical manor with a salmon-colored façade and marbled walls from the 19th century looms large. At the base of its 40-foot pediment, a sign reads: “Real Academia ...

I first heard the infectious dembow rhythm that undergirds every reggaeton song at my eighth-grade back-to-school dance. A mosh pit of suburban teens was trying in earnest to move their hips to the ...