Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. tego-calderon-rs-cr-Alejandro-Pedrosa-1800 - Credit: Alejandro Pedrosa Eight years after his last album, and seven years after his ...

When the Morning Edition team arrived in Puerto Rico to report our series on the island's difficult situation, one of the first things we noticed was, strangely enough, the sound of the coquis — tiny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Puerto Rican rapper emerged as one of the purveyors of reggaeton in the late Nineties, his bombastic persona, ...

With his supersized Afro, just-woke-up-after-a-late-night voice, and I-can’t-believe-I’m-a-star humility, Tego Calderón might be the most lovable thug of all time. Certainly he’s the most loved rapper ...

Reggaeton pioneer Tego Calderón released his first solo music in more than eight years on Friday, dropping “La Receta” (“The Prescription”), a smooth track that casts El Abayarde as a romantic leading ...

He’s an international icon in Latin hip hop, a record label owner and a Latin Grammy award winner. But Tego Calderón – who burst on the music scene in 2002 with hit albums like "El Enemy De Los ...

The first time I heard "El Abayarde," I thought, "Who is this dude straight dropping fire lyrics on these reggaeton beats?!" Until then, reggaeton had been (at least to me) party music. It was my ...

Much like English-language hip-hop, Spanish-language rap and its close cousin reggaeton are both good and bad. At their worst, they're misogynistic, materialistic and mediocre. At their best, rap and ...

Fast Five’s Tego Calderón rocked the house in a New York City park, performing all his classic songs and shaking hands with dozens of fans – all at no cost. El “Abayalde” put on quite a show Saturday ...

NEW YORK – Tego Calderon is big in New York and Miami. He’s huge across Latin America. And in his native Puerto Rico – forget about it. So why is his upcoming album titled “The Underdog?” Maybe ...

San Juan, 2 feb (EFEUSA).San Juan, 2 feb (EFEUSA). — Seis años después de su último disco, el veterano rapero Tego Calderón estrena mañana un álbum que, fiel a su costumbre, incluye incursiones en ...

With jazzy orchestra sounds, folkloric Afro-Boricua percussion, and political lyrics united over a ubiquitous dembow riddim, Tego Calderón’s album El Abayarde embodies the soul of reggaeton. Twenty ...