Reggaeton music originated in Panama in the 1970s. By the 1990s it had spread to Puerto Rico, where the youth now claim Reggaeton as a musical genre of their own. Reggaeton music has a mixture of Jamaican and Latin American influences, blended with Hip Hop and Electronica beats. Reggaeton usually incorporates rapping in Spanish or English, and its similar lyrical structure to Hip Hop However, this is not to say that Reggaeton is simply a form of Latino Hip Hop; it has its very own distinctive rhythm known as ‘dembow’, the name of which refers to the title of the Shabba Ranks song ‘Dem Bow’ that first popularised Reggaeton in the 1990s.
The infectious beats of this Latin American urban music of the 1990s caused it to spread rapidly worldwide, along with an accompanying dance style that is simple and easy to learn. It is a similar dancing style to that seen in the film ‘Dirty Dancing’, but with more of a Caribbean influence.
During this convention we also enjoyed with a Mexican trio and all of our guests had a great night.