![]() The availability and quality of the cassettes led to reggaeton's popularity, which crossed socioeconomic barriers in the Puerto Rican music scene. The cassettes were sold or distributed on the streets from the trunks of cars. Despite that, the quality of the cassettes was good enough to help increase their popularity among Puerto Rican youth. "Underground" music was recorded in marquesinas (or carports) and at public housing complexes such as Villa Kennedy, and Jurutungo, often by creators using second-hand recording equipment. These themes, depicting the troubles of inner-city life, can still be found in reggaeton. The new genre, simply called "underground" and later " perreo", had explicit lyrics about drugs, violence, poverty, friendship, love and sex. Ĭassettes were made in carports ( marquesinas) and then sold on the street, out of the trunk of a car. The genre's popularity increased when it was discovered by international audiences during the early 2000s. Bootleg recordings and word of mouth became the primary means of distribution for this music until 1998, when it coalesced into modern reggaeton. The Puerto Rican police launched a campaign against underground music by confiscating cassette tapes from music stores under penal obscenity codes, levying fines and demonizing rappers in the media. As a youth culture existing on the fringes of society and the law, it has often been criticized. This created an inconspicuous-yet-prominent underground youth culture which sought to express itself. As Caribbean and African-American music gained momentum in Puerto Rico, reggae rap in Spanish marked the beginning of the Boricua underground and was a creative outlet for many young people. DJ Playero and DJ Nelson were inspired by hip hop and dancehall to produce " riddims", the first reggaeton tracks. Often mistaken for reggae or reggae en Español, reggaeton is a younger genre that originated in the late 1980s in Puerto Rico It had its origins in what was known as rap y reggae "underground" music, due to its circulation through informal networks and performances at unofficial venues. Historyĭaddy Yankee is known as the " King of Reggaetón". The spellings reggaeton and reggaetón are common, although prescriptivist sources such as the Fundéu BBVA and the Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española recommend the spelling reguetón, as it conforms more closely with traditional Spanish spelling rules. The word reggaeton (formed from the word reggae plus the augmentative suffix -tón) was first used in 1988 when El General's representative Michael Ellis gave it that name to describe it as " reggae grande" (big reggae). Over the 2010s, the genre has seen increased popularity across Latin America, as well as acceptance within mainstream Western music. Reggaeton is regarded as one of the most popular music genres in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, Latin American, and Caribbean music. Reggaeton ( UK: / ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ t oʊ n, ˌ r ɛ ɡ eɪ ˈ t ɒ n/, US: / ˌ r ɛ ɡ eɪ ˈ t oʊ n, ˌ r eɪ ɡ-/), also known as reggaetón and reguetón ( Spanish: ), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. The scene in the summer of 1995 unknown duo from Residencial Luis Llorens Torres in San Juan, rapping at a club on the beach in Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja
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