Catchy rhythms like the tresillo are examples of how our musical perception and preference negotiate between simplicity and complexity.
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Emerging from a swirl of sonic influences, reggaeton began as Panamanian protest music long before Puerto Rican artists turned the genre into a global phenomenon.
A high-stakes dispute forcing copyright law to confront a long-standing problem: how to define ‘originality’ for the protection of musical works.
Like Bad Bunny’s music, Puerto Rican Muslims’ lives challenge ideas about race, religion and belonging in the Americas.
The mayor of San Juan has said Bad Bunny does a better job of promoting Puerto Rico than the island’s official destination marketing organization.
The legal action means thousands of songs may be deemed in violation of copyright. This would establish a precedent for future copyright claims based on popular rhythms.
A quarter of the streaming charts now feature music in Spanish, and interest in the language is surging as a result.
Latino artists have been forging their own paths in hip-hop for decades, giving voice to young peoples’ pain, faith and demands for change.
Spanish musicians are increasingly producing reggaetón music while ignoring the colonial history of Spain and South America and also erasing its Black roots in the process
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Professor of Religious Studies, University of Arizona
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Senior Lecturer, Institute of Caribbean Studies and Reggae Studies Unit, The University of the West Indies
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PhD Researcher in Modern Languages, Newcastle University
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Doctora en Comunicación. Autora del estudio para el Observatorio Nebrija del Español "El boom de la música urbana latina y la expansión del español a nivel global", Universidad Nebrija
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Senior Researcher in Law and Economics, Università di Torino
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PhD Candidate in Music Copyright, Bangor University; Liverpool Hope University
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Associate Instructional Professor in Political Science, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
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PhD Student in Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Affiliate Researcher, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Bayreuth University
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PhD candidate in Music Technology, McGill University
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PhD candidate, Music Theory, McGill University
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PhD candidate, Statistics, Boston University