Machete Music / El Cartel Records

Talento De Barrio

Although he’s neither the originator of the reggaeton style nor even the genre’s first home-grown superstar, Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee was instrumental in introducing the Latin hip-hop/dancehall hybrid to a mainstream audience in the United States and abroad. Yankee (aka Raymon Ayala) began appearing on reggaeton tracks as early as 1993, but it was 2004’s Barrio Fino …

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