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    'It's Not Just Twerk Music': Podcast Traces The Complex History Of Reggaeton

    NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marlon Bishop and Julio A. Pabón, the creators of the podcast LOUD, about the history of the popular musical genre Reggaeton.
    by Ailsa Chang Aug 20, 2021 1 minute
    Singer, rapper, songwriter, actress and — as of recently – podcast host Ivy Queen, photographed at SBS Studios on April 14, 2017 in Miami.
    Updated August 20, 2021 at 5:08 PM ET

    Reggaetón is a hugely popular musical genre: Many have danced to Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," a song with over 7 billion YouTube streams, or blared, a trailblazer of the sound.

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