El Sistema, the new album from the veteran reggaeton duo Zion & Lennox, opens with a mini-mix that cycles through some of the biggest hits they’ve released over the last two decades: There’s a snippet of 2009’s “Yo Tengo Una Gata,” a sliver of 2015’s “Pierdo La Cabeza,” a few …
Read More »Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee Reunite as Los Cangris in Defiant 'Muévelo' Video
Nicky Jam and Daddy Yankee — two reggaeton legends, both alike in dignity — have overcome their longtime beef to release new music once more as Los Cangris. Released late Tuesday night, their brand new song, “Muévelo,” recalls the rascally spark that first brought the two MCs together 20 years …
Read More »'They Legitimized Buying Views': YouTube Ads Divide Latin Music Industry
Major music companies are allegedly spending tens of thousands of dollars to boost view counts on the world’s largest streaming service. How the companies are doing it, though, is entirely legal on YouTube, thanks to a type of Google advertising that one digital marketer describes as “the legit way of …
Read More »Luis Fonsi: King of the Radio Romantics
Long before he was the man who wrote “Despacito” — one of the world’s most ubiquitous and all-time greatest hits — he was Luis Fonsi, the Spanish-language heartthrob with millennial pop charisma. He toured with Britney, recorded with Christina and, with every album, he steadily ascended the mainstream Billboard charts …
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