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“Loud” Podcast Tells the History of Reggaetón Including its Afro-Latin Origins

Virginia IsaadNovember 12, 2021

by Virginia IsaadNovember 12, 202105002

Growing up on the brink of Reggaetón’s commercial rise, the heavy baseline and quick Spanglish rhymes were the soundtrack to the countless winters in Nueva York and humid summers in the Dominican Republic. Despite me being far too young to...

News and Entertainment

Billboard Music Awards: Bad Bunny Performs with Ivy Queen & Nesi

Virginia IsaadOctober 15, 2020October 17, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 15, 2020October 17, 202006946

Global superstar Bad Bunny released his mega-successful second album YHLQMDLG this year and for Wednesday’s Billboard Music Awards he performed a remix of standout track “Yo Perreo Sola.” The performance featured Puerto Rican queen of reggaetón Ivy Queen and Nesi, the original...

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Ivy Queen and J Balvin Might be Collaborating on a New Song and We’re Here for it

Johanna FerreiraSeptember 4, 2019July 27, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraSeptember 4, 2019July 27, 202003721

The lack of artists who have gone out of their way to collaborate with reggaeton reina, Ivy Queen has been shocking, to say the least. The reggaetonera recently admitted that half of the industry has left her on read, in...

News and Entertainment

Anuel AA Gives Awkward Response About Collaborating With Ivy Queen

Araceli CruzApril 29, 2019August 11, 2020

by Araceli CruzApril 29, 2019August 11, 202003587

Did Anuel AA just have a change of heart regarding reggeaton icon Ivy Queen? Perhaps so. The 2019 Latin Billboard Awards that took place last week in Las Vegas had a couple of great moments including Bad Bunny’s incredible neon...

Culture

Anuel AA Says Ivy Queen is Not the Queen of Reggaeton

Araceli CruzApril 10, 2019August 10, 2020

by Araceli CruzApril 10, 2019August 10, 202005896

Ivy Queen is the queen of Reggaeton, period. Her decades-long record speaks for itself. There is one sorry of a man that is coming for the Puerto Rican artist. Anuel AA, considered a pioneer of the Latin trap scene, said...