The Spanish Royal Academy has added "perreo" to its dictionary, but the term's been around for decades. The move puts a spotlight on the dance and its significance in reggaetón music. This is the time ...

Katelina Eccleston, better known as “La Gata,” first found her love for reggaeton on a quinceañera dance floor. As the lights dimmed and she began to move her body to the beat, she knew there was more ...

This story is part of our Sondio Latino series for Hispanic Heritage Month. “Reggaeton mexa is particular to Mexico City and Mexico state,” says Fernando Hernández Flores, a.k.a. El Malilla, one of ...

Reggaeton Con La Gata, a multimedia project tracing reggaeton’s history and cultural significance, has taken many forms over the years. What began as an undergraduate research paper by scholar ...

If you were on a very specific part of the Internet last year, it’s likely that a post-punk cover of Karol G’s hit “Bichota” ended up on your radar. It came from a Chilean band called Friolento, who ...

Reggaeton, música urbana – whatever you call it, the new wave of Latin pop that includes artists like Bad Bunny and Karol G has become a worldwide phenomenon. But in Miami, arguably its epicenter, it ...

When Bad Bunny dedicated his Grammy to Puerto Rico proclaiming it the "cuna y capital de reggaeton en el mundo entierro," he was making a statement. While the small island pioneered and refined the ...

This is the time of year when dictionaries tell us which new words they have accepted as legitimate. And it's also the time of the year when we hear from the Royal Spanish Academy, which oversees the ...