Forget reggaeton or rap: for children in rural Cuba the epitome of cool is writing and singing a ten-line poem -- a art form honed by farmers and preserved over generations. Improvised oral poetry, ...

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 ...

After nearly a decade of dominance in the Latin music industry, reggaeton disappeared from the Latin Grammys stage, where ...

Reggaeton first emerged in Puerto Rico during the late 1990s and is characterized by a mix of Jamaican dancehall beats with a Latin American twist, plus a dash of hip hop and electronic music. Its ...

Gutierrez said he believed the two musical forms were irreconcilable. A good stanza is "a marvelous artistic creation," he enthused, contrasting it with the "obscene" lyrics of some reggaeton hits.