Legendary MCs Ivy Queen, Don Chezina, La Sista and more talk reggaeton’s black heritage, from bomba to its present day sound
Canales grew up in Loíza: a coastal Afro-Puerto Rican enclave with a rich musical history that began long before the advent of reggaeton. It is the home of bomba, a musical tradition brought to the island by Africans forced into slavery by the Spanish colonists. Enslaved populations from various tribes used bomba music and dance as a means of communication when they were forbidden from speaking to one another on the sugar fields.
Calderón, who first came on the scene in 1996, is one of reggaeton’s most influential early artists. Calderón was extremely outspoken about the black Puerto Rican experience in his lyrics; in his hit song, titled “Loíza,” Calderón bluntly tackles the racism faced by dark-skinned Boricuas, rapping, “They want to make me think that I’m part of a racial trilogy/Where everyone is equal without special treatment.
Ivy Queen recalls spending her teenage years listening to rappers like Das EFX, Onyx, Lil Kim and reggae singer Patra. Ivy Queen says that these black artists were some of her biggest musical influences, who she still carries in her music today. ” was one of the first reggaeton songs to ever reach global success, bringing the world’s attention to theEven today, we continue to hear Jamaican reggae and dancehall music sampled in modern reggaeton music.
During the peak of her career, Canales was working with the likes of Wisin y Yandel, Ivy Queen and Jowel y Randy. But overnight, her entire career fell apart following the imprisonment of her manager, Pablo “Calidoso” Delgado. Canales declined to give details of his incarceration.
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