This year marks the 20th anniversary of Machete Music, a label that, in the mid-2000s, became the epicenter of reggaeton. It helped launch the careers of legendary artists like Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, ...

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 ...

In the four-part Peacock docuseries Reggaeton: The Sound That Conquered the World, director and executive producer Omar Acosta (The Chief Who Walked the Sea) and exec producer and star Daddy Yankee ...

Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger died Thursday at the age of 37, one week after he was found in Miami with a gunshot wound to the head. The singer, who was born José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar, died ...

If the Puerto Rican filmmaker Omar Acosta wanted to hear new music as a teenager in early ‘90s-era San Juan, he had to hit the pavement. In those days Acosta would roam the streets, seeking out a ...

Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” is often the reggaeton song some people first remember hearing, particularly outside of Latin America. Now, Daddy Yankee, who is a pioneer in the genre, is an executive ...

Jam, who was introduced by Trump as a “hot” woman, disabled the comment section of a recent Instagram post after being mocked by commentators. News Reporter Reggaeton star Nicky Jam seems to be ...

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A federal judge denied the motion to dismiss the massive infringement lawsuit targeting one of Latin music's most profitable genres. The allegations claim these acts and more participated in the ...

The instrumental track "Fish Market" by Jamaican duo Steeely & Clevie is at the center of a copyright infringement lawsuit against dozens of Reggaeton artists. (YouTube via Courthouse News) LOS ...