reggaeton
noun
reg·gae·ton
ˌre-gā-ˈtōn 
ˌrā-
: popular music of Puerto Rican origin that combines rap with Caribbean rhythms
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Ama artfully weaves together a diverse palette of modern and classic rhythms, effortlessly transitioning between genres such as reggaeton, pop, ballads and Afrobeat.
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Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
On Friday morning, the Grammy-winning reggaeton star revealed a 17-song tracklist alongside a short film that tackles issues of gentrification in his native Puerto Rico.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
By the 2010s, however, experts say reggaeton emerged as the most-popular medium through which latin artists began to create music and younger generations had already long traded out their salsa skills for perreo.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Early reggaeton, like salsa before it, and plena before that, were often denigrated because of their origins in working-class Black communities.
—Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
On Friday morning, the Grammy-winning reggaeton star revealed a 17-song tracklist alongside a short film that tackles issues of gentrification in his native Puerto Rico.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
By the 2010s, however, experts say reggaeton emerged as the most-popular medium through which latin artists began to create music and younger generations had already long traded out their salsa skills for perreo.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Early reggaeton, like salsa before it, and plena before that, were often denigrated because of their origins in working-class Black communities.
—Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Reggaeton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reggaeton. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.
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