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Tu Pum Pum
El General
03:34
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Gusto, Sexo y Consecuencia
Vico C & D.J. Negro
03:15
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Dem Bow
Shabba Ranks
03:37
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Quiero Bailar
Ivy Queen
03:06
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La Ocasión
DJ Luian, Mambo Kingz, De La Ghetto, Arcangel, Ozuna, Anuel AA
05:36
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El Pistolón - Remix 2
Yaga & Mackie, Randy, Arcangel, De La Ghetto
03:53
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Hot Nigga
Messiah
02:30
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Soy Peor
Bad Bunny
04:17
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Amigos y Enemigos
Trap Capos, Noriel
04:11
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Tu Me Enamoraste - Remix
Lary Over, Anuel AA, Bryant Myers, Almighty, Brytiago
05:41
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Ahora Dice - Real Hasta La Muerte Remix
Chris Jedi, J Balvin, Ozuna, Cardi B, Offset, Anuel, Arcangel
04:35
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Te Boté - Remix
Nio Garcia, Casper Magico, Bad Bunny, Darell, Ozuna, Nicky Jam
06:57
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Bodak Yellow (feat. Messiah) - Latin Trap Remix
Cardi B, Messiah
03:42
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Coronamos
Lito Kirino, Anuel AA
03:08
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Krippy Kush (feat. Travis Scott & Rvssian) - Travis Scott Remix
Farruko, Nicki Minaj, Bad Bunny, Travis Scott, Rvssian
03:56
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Tu No Lo Sabe
Sensato, MelyMel, Padrino
04:39
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Tata
Eladio Carrion, J Balvin
02:45
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Ahora Me Llama - Remix
KAROL G, Bad Bunny, Quavo
04:11
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Me Acostumbre (feat. Bad Bunny)
Arcangel, Bad Bunny
04:23
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Diles
Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Farruko, Arcangel, Ñengo Flow, DJ Luian, Mambo Kingz
04:46
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I Like It
Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin
04:13
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Te Guste
Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny
03:42
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Lo Que Yo Diga (Remix)
El Alfa, Farruko, Jon Z, Miky Woodz
06:29
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PA' ROMPERLA
Bad Bunny, Don Omar
03:14
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Hoy Me Toca a Mi
Alina
03:46
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Rico Rico
Ms Nina, Beauty Brain
02:48
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Loca
KHEA, Duki, Cazzu, Omar Varela, MYKKA
04:06
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SANA SANA
Nathy Peluso
02:58
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Narcos
Anuel AA
04:19
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Los Dioses
Anuel AA, Ozuna
04:38

Latin Trap

The birth of a new sub-genre of Latin urban music, from its humble beginnings to its conquest of the international charts.

The number of sub-genres counted under the umbrella of ‘Latin music’ is as numerous as the geographical areas the genre represents. Between tradition and the influence of globalisation, this constantly evolving musical genre is now one of the largest and most exciting in the industry.
One of its many sub-genres – Latin urban music – is a perfect example. The result of  migratory economic movement, it emerged thanks to the Jamaican communities who came to work on the Panama Canal in the 1980s and imported Spanish-language reggae. The influence of American rap music led to an evolution towards dancehall, and it was from these grooves that Spanish-language rap emerged. This fusion of dancehall rhythms and Spanish rap gave rise to reggaeton, notably with the Panamanian group Renato y las 4 Estrellas, who produced the genre’s first hits (“El D.E.N.I.” and “Tu Pum Pum”), and Puerto Rican MCs such as Ruben DJ and Vico C.
Similarly, it was the wave of Puerto Rican migration to New York that brought more hip-hop influences to reggaeton in the 1990s, thanks to artists such as Ivy Queen and Arcángel. At the same time a new rhythmic pattern was appearing which had a considerable influence on Latin urban music and was to become one of the pillars of Latin trap – the dembow, thanks to the track “Dem Bow” by Jamaican Shabba Ranks.
After gaining popularity in Latin America and the US, and reaching international heights in the 2000s, reggaeton has become an essential form of cultural expression of Latin urban identity and pride. Mismanaged and underestimated by labels that were gradually reducing their distribution, reggaeton artists themselves redefined the way their music would be consumed. The arrival of streaming and new modes of music consumption has blurred the lines between different genres and opened the way for a new evolutions of reggaeton by incorporating recent developments in rap.
This change became clearer in 2007 with the track “El Pistolón” by Arcángel & De La Ghetto, Yaga & Mackie, and Jowell & Randy. The Caribbean sounds that had been prominent until then gave way to the drier sounds of the iconic TR 808 drum machine that reverberated through most of Atlanta’s strip clubs. From then on more and more Latin American artists have tried to make trap their own – Fuego and his Fireboy Forever mixtape, and New Yorker Messiah with his Spanish-language covers of Rich Homie Quan and Bobby Shmurda hits. By limiting the distribution of their tracks to SoundCloud or YouTube these artists experimenting with Latin trap have in fact helped it grow at a rate of knots. More and more tracks have gone viral, attracting the attention of iconic producers in the reggaeton scene such as DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz.
It was the commercial success of the 2016 track “La Ocasion” featuring superstars De La Ghetto, Arcángel, Anuel AA and Ozuna that allowed Latin trap to conquer a more global scene including the charts. This renewed public visibility for Latin urban music has blurred the line between Latin trap and pop. Some leading artists such as Bad Bunny and Ozuna are starting to collaborate with international stars like Drake, Diplo and DJ Snake, further proof of the versatility and perpetual evolution of the genre. In 2018, “Te Boté” became the most viewed video on YouTube (it now has over 2 billion views) and Cardi B’s hit “I Like It” was the first Latin trap track to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Now undeniably reigning on the international scene, Latin trap wants to reflect the difficulties encountered by Latin American youth, as well as opening up some more current issues. It is this non-conformism that will allow the genre to last by intrinsically finding answers to the controversies that have been inherent to it for many years. Its main objective? To unite rather than divide.

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