Latin hip hop is hip hop music that is recorded by artists in the United States of Hispanic and Latino descent, along with Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean, North America, Central America, South America, and Spain.
Reggaeton, is a modern style of popular music that originated in Puerto Rico during the late 1990s. It rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puerto Rican musicians. Reggaeton has been influenced by Panama's Spanish reggae, and which rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puerto Rican musicians. It has been popularized and dominated by artists from Puerto Rico since the early 1990s.
Raulín Marte Rodríguez is a Dominican bachata artist. He is one of the first major bachata artists to have international success. As a pioneer of the bachata genre, he helped grow the genre's popularity in the 1990s. While traditional bachata songs were often risque and suggestive, Raulín Rodríguez's idealized romantic lyrics widened the appeal of the genre of bachata, helping it get regular radio play. Rodriguez is known as "El Cacique" and is one of the most established musicians to ever come from the Dominican Republic. He has many international hits, including the songs: "Nereyda", "Medicina de Amor", "Soledad", Esta Noche, and many more. Three of them have been certified Platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
"Dem Bow" is a song performed by Jamaican reggae artist Shabba Ranks, produced by Bobby Digital. This song uses the "Ku-Klung-Klung"/"Poco Man Jam" riddim created by Jamaican producers Steely & Clevie in the late 1980s. The lyrics are anti-imperialist and also anti-homosexual, as Ranks compares those who perform sodomy to those who submit to colonialism.
"La Modelo" is a song by Ozuna and Cardi B. It was released by VP Records on December 22, 2017. The track was written by Ozuna, Cardi B, José Aponte, Vincente Saavedra and its producers Yampi, Hi Flow, Gaby Music and Chris Jeday. It is the first single from Ozuna's second album Aura, released in August 2018.
Emanuel Herrera Batista, known by his stage name El Alfa or El Alfa El Jefe, is a Dominican rapper known as the King of Dembow. Batista was born in Bajos de Haina, Santo Domingo. He is known for his initial afro hairstyle which led him to popularity in the early 2010s through songs like "Tarzan", "Coche Bomba" and "Muevete Jevi". He went on to form good relationships with many artists from Puerto Rico, such as Nicky Jam, Farruko, and Myke Towers amongst others. This resulted in one of the biggest collaborations in dembow history, led by El Alfa, when he released "Suave (Remix)" in December 2018 alongside Chencho Corleone, Bryant Myers, Miky Woodz, Jon Z and Noriel.
X 100pre is the debut studio album by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. It was released on December 24, 2018 on Christmas Eve, by Rimas Entertainment. It features guest appearances from Diplo, El Alfa and Drake. It was ranked number 41 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Debuts Albums of All Time and number 447 on the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, known professionally as Miky Woodz, is a Puerto Rican rapper. To date, he has released three studio albums, Before Famous in 2017, El OG in 2018, and most recently, in 2020, Los 90 Piketes, which are all commercial successes.
The discography of Puerto Rican rapper Bryant Myers consists of two studio albums, one collaborative album, one extended play, and 136 singles.
Urbano music or Latin urban is a transnational umbrella category including many different genres and styles. As an umbrella term it includes a wide and diverse set of genres and styles such as dancehall, dembow, urban champeta, funk carioca, Latin hip hop and reggaeton. The commercial breakthrough of this music took place in 2017 with artists from Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, the United States, Venezuela and even non-Spanish-speaking nations, such as Brazil, where Portuguese is spoken.
Disciplina is the debut studio album by Dominican urban artist El Alfa, released on August 11, 2017 by El Jefe Records. It contains 8 tracks of dembow and Latin Trap. It features guest verses from La Manta, Amenazzy, Bryant Mayers and La Manta. According to the artist, the title was chosen because perseverance is an essential part of success. It is his first studio album after a ten-year musical career.
Leury José Tejeda Brito, musically known as Chimbala, is a Dominican urban music rapper and singer from Santo Domingo.
"Linda" is a song recorded by Dominican rapper Tokischa and Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía. Written by both performers alongside Leonardo Felipe Yasmil and El Kagueto del Guetto, and produced by Leo RD alongside Rosalía, the track was released to digital download and streaming platforms on 1 September 2021 through Sony Music Latin. Recorded in just an afternoon, "Linda" is a dembow track that interpolates flamenco music.
Manuel Varet Marte, known as Vakero, is a Dominican singer and rapper, believed to be one of the most important acts of the Dominican urban music movement and one of the first to gain international exposure. Known for blending elements of punta, cumbia and merengue with Dominican urban and dembow music, he is heavily influenced by reggae and afro-pop with his characteristic style influenced by the rastafari movement.
"Bombón" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee with Dominican rapper El Alfa and American rapper Lil Jon. It was released on March 24, 2022 simultaneously with Daddy Yankee's eighth and final studio album, Legendaddy, among various other singles from the record. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Venezuelan director Daniel Durán. It was written by Daddy Yankee, El Alfa, Lil Jon, Mexican producer David "Scott Summers" Macías, Puerto Rican producer Ovimael "OMB" Maldonado and American production duo Play-N-Skillz members Juan Salinas and Oscar Salinas, while Spanish duo Los del Río members Antonio Romero and Rafael Ruíz received songwriting credits for their single "Macarena" (1993), which the song interpolates. It was produced by Daddy Yankee, Play-N-Skillz and Scott Summers.
The La Leyenda del Dembow Tour was the first world tour by Dominican dembow superstar El Alfa in support of his studio albums El Androide (2020) and Sabiduria (2022). The tour consisted on three legs. The first leg, was his the first arena tour on the United States, the second on a series of music festivals on Europe and concluded in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The tour included a sellout concert in New York, Madison Square Garden which receive positive reviews by critics becoming the first Dominican urban act to do so. On July 16, El Alfa performed at Estadio Olimpico in Santo Domingo, in front of 50,000 fans, becoming just the seventh Dominican act to sold out the venue and the first urban act to do so.
Ángel Rosario, known by his stage name Ángel Dior, is a Dominican rapper and singer. Rosario was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was awarded in the Heat Latin Music Awards and Premios Juventud in the categories; Best Dominican Urban Artist, and Best Dembow Collaboration. He has collaborated with Rauw Alejandro, Karol G, 6ix9ine, El Alfa, Chimbala and Bad Bunny.
Dominican dembow, also known as simply dembow, is a style of music originating from the Dominican Republic which has been mostly described as a subgenre or derivative form of reggaeton. Dominican dembow is characterized by its use of a sped-up dembow rhythm as its core percussion element.
