USA Today

Women like Karol G, Natti Natasha, Becky G and Anitta are transforming reggaeton. Here's how.

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 ...
NPR

Daddy Yankee led reggaeton's global rise. As he bows out, the genre enters a new era

"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 — ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

A White reggaeton artist was named ‘Afro-Latino Artist of the Year’ and that’s a problem

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 ...
Rolling Stone

Eight-Minute Freestyles, Rumored Onstage Sabotage, and Homophobic Crybabies: The Year In Reggaeton Feuds

From Daddy Yankee and Don Omar resurfacing past resentments to Residente and Villano Antillano calling out Cosculluela, here are the biggest blow-ups from 2022 Despite the spectacle of it all, the one ...
Deadline.com

Reggaeton Comedy Series ‘Neon’ From Shea Serrano & Max Searle Drums Up Series Order At Netflix

Netflix is dancing to the beat of reggaeton for its next comedy series. The streamer has handed a series order to Neon, a comedy set in the world of the musical genre that birthed the song “Despacito, ...
Chicago Tribune

First Sueños Music Festival of Latin reggaeton draws a huge, fans-only crowd in Grant Park

Sueños Music Festival in Grant Park brought Chicago its first two-day Latin reggaeton festival, highlighted by a sunny sky and perfect breeze. A fest-reported 45,000 attendees came Saturday to ...
Forbes

Reggaetón Festival Sueños Debuts In Chicago With Over 45,000 Attendees—From Baja Beach Fest Founders

J Balvin closed Sueños Music Festival, the first reggaetón festival of its kind, which happened at Chicago's Grant Park. The inaugural Sueños Music Festival echoed throughout Chicago on Memorial Day ...
USA Today

DJ Nelson and DJ Luny make history as first Latin artists to perform in Verzuz battle

Reggaeton pioneers DJ Nelson and DJ Luny are making Verzuz history as the first Latin artists to perform on the webcast series. The episode, dubbed "a salute to Latin music producers," took place at ...
Foreign Policy

Bad Bunny and the Political History of Reggaeton

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The New York Times

Reggaeton’s Global Expansion and Wide-Open Future

As the genre grows in worldwide popularity, it is engaging with the pop music mainstream and stratifying into subsets, introducing new opportunities and dilemmas. Hosted by Jon Caramanica. Produced by ...
The New York Times

In 2022, Latin Pop Thrived on Innovation. Again.

Bad Bunny led a takeover, not a crossover, in a year that featured standout releases from Rosalía, Rauw Alejandro, iLe, Carla Morrison and Lucrecia Dalt. By Jon Pareles Pop in 2022 was unequivocally ...
Iowa Public Radio

Daddy Yankee led reggaeton's global rise. As he bows out, the genre enters a new era

By the time Daddy Yankee plays "Gasolina" one August night at Atlanta's State Farm Arena, the crowd rumbles so loud it feels like the venue will cave in on itself. "Gasolina" is Yankee's encore, and ...