The Colombian Reggaeton Singer Who Is From Medellin Colombia, And Pitbull

One of the greatest idol for this genre is Romeo Santos. “Romeo Santos” also known as Anthony Santos was born in the United States, to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. Romeo Santos started his career with a group of guys where they called the group Aventura. He was the main songwriter and producer of the group. During his and the group career he decide to make a

Vicente Fernandez is a well know Mexican actor, producer and singer, Vicente is known as the king of ranchera music all over the world. Vicente started singing on the streets when he was a young boy for tips, Vicente came from a very poor family, he was forced to drop out of fifth grade to support his family. He got little jobs around his home town. He says he would stop cars and offer to sing to them for a few pesos in Guadalajara, but has now won seven Latin Grammys and one Grammy. Vicente was born in huentitan el alto Jalisco, Mexico February 17 1940. He grew up in his father’s ranch in Guadalajara, at age eight Vicente got his inspiration from Pedro Infante when his mom took him to see one of his favorite movies. Pedro infant was a

Armando Christian Perez, otherwise known as Pitbull, was born in Miami, Florida on January 14, 1981. At a young age his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother until she found out about his drug dealing business. Once his secret was revealed his mother placed him in the foster system and he then grew up with a family in Roswell, Georgia. He went to school at Coral Park High School, where he graduated and made the tough decision to not continue on to college. Pitbull persued his rapping dreams until he was noticed by a famous rapper and from there his career really began. Pitbull is most prominent for his rapping, but he has also played parts in many movies and has developed his own school.

This paper is an analysis of the political and social aspects of hip-hop and reggae, as well as, addressing the commonalities of the music itself as they have developed and changed over time. This analysis produces the holistic view reflecting the interconnectedness of these two genres of music.

During the 1950’s Latin America had its last major influence on music, dance, and culture. This last major genre of music is known as the mambo, which originated in Cuba. In1948 a man named Perez Prado moved to Mexico hoping to make more money in the music industry. He did just this! While in Mexico Senior Prado made a band that focused mostly on mambo. They where known as El Rey del Mambo.

The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources have been Spain and West Africa, although many aspects of Puerto Rican music reflect origins elsewhere in Europe and the Caribbean and, in the last century, the USA. Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially indigenous genres like bomba to recent hybrids like

In 1995, the Latino and American music industry lost an icon to what has become known as one of the most tragic deaths in the music industry. Selena Perez-Quintanilla, only 23 years old at the time of her murder, was known as the "Queen of Tejano.” Despite her short lifespan, Selena achieved what few people had ever achieved before her – that is a successful crossover. It should be made clear from the start that the term ‘crossover’ does not refer to her entrance into the mainstream American music industry but rather her entrance and success into the Latino music industry. Too often this side of Selena’s success story is ignored and the focus is instead placed on her ‘crossover’ into the American market. Such was the case in the film Selena

Fernando, a Mexican-American male who was born in Los Angeles, California. He is 26 years old and currently in an exclusive relationship. Furthermore, he is a senior Mechanical Engineer major in University of California, Irvine. Fernando has been having Acrophobia, a phobia of height, for almost seven years, and every time he participates in any activities which involving climbing or elevating to a high place, he becomes anxious and fearful of the height which results him in incapability of accomplishing the activities. When Fernando experienced the fear of height for the first time, he was taking an airplane to Tijuana, Mexico alone. His first separation from his mother and siblings caused him distress and pain which amplified his

With the recent presidential change the U.S. immigration policies and effectiveness are being spotlighted. One of the rather tough issues is how to handle current illegal immigrants and how to put an end to illegal immigration (Schaefer, 2015). Immigrants that come to the United States are looking for the American dream or just for a better life for themselves or their families. Although, the stigma society insinuates is that of all immigrants bring terrorism, drug problems, and employment with them (Schaefer, 2015). Since the problems have been linked to immigrants, Americans have developed a prejudice towards people of Hispanic and Asian descent. Due to this prejudice towards immigrants both illegal and legal immigrants struggle to find employment (Schaefer, 2015).

Jodie Michelle Lawston is the chair and professor of women studies in Cal State University San Marcos. Her research involves issues of women’s incarceration, immigrant detention, political and social activism, and most recently, women’s health. Some of her work include “Razor wire women: prisoners, activists, scholars, and artists”, “Sister Outside: Radical Activists for Women Prisoners”, and “Living together, living apart: mixed-status families and US immigration policy”. Ruben R. Murillo is a Professor in the Spanish department at University of San Diego. Murillo doesn’t have other work other than the article “The Discursive Figuration of U.S. Supremacy in Narratives Sympathetic to Undocumented Immigrants”, that he wrote along with Lawston.

The calypso music that comes from a Trinidad musician is exciting, not on the ground of the blood that he carries in his veins but rather the historical, cultural, and religious favors that are brought together to ensure its production.

The most notable influence would be from Africa, this has been broke up into three categories dance, religious, and work/entertainment. Religious music has been influenced by Kumina, Pocomania, and Rastafari. This music is usually accompanied by drums and chanting, songs can also include singing and other instruments. Other forms of music that are becoming popular on the island are rocksteady, ska, soca, calypso, and jazz. In Kingston the fusions of the 90’s continue to influence the 21st century and has created a new sound led by producers Sly Robbie, Steven McGregor (son of Freddie McGregor), Daseca, Skatta Burrell, and Don Bennett. All these men have all forged a new mixture of hip-hop,

    Juan Luis Londono, also known as Maluma, is a Colombian reggaeton singer with origins from Medellin, Colombia. Cultivating the stage name from the first two letters of his parents’ and sister’s name. On the contrary, Armando Christian Perez baring stage name of Pitbull, is an American rapper with an origin from Miami, Florida. Forging the iconic stage name from the fearsome and notorious breed of dog that are know to fight and never let go. Therefore, demonstrating that they emerge from contrasting backgrounds. In many ways some people may not know about the crime in each distinctive origin. For example, in Colombia the crime rate is high, as they constantly deal with theft and assault on their bus transportation. Their climate is similar to tropical rainforest weather. Miami’s

We learn from looking at the literature that modern-day Reggae had its wellsprings in the African-American soul music of the 1950s and 1960s. The insistent, off-beat rhythmic pattern of soul music became a feature of reggae in the late-1960s and early 1970s. However, the aforementioned pattern mostly appeared in the form of the trade-mark galloping backbeat of ska, which was a tip-beat and dance-oriented predecessor of reggae. Ska had a limited expressive range and its galloping speed needed to be slowed down if it was to enjoy a larger audience. Fortunately, it did slow down and, by the end of the 1960s, something known as “Rock Steady” was beginning to surface (Anderson, 206-208).

The music of Jamaica began five centuries ago, when Columbus colonized the land of the Arawak Indians. This dates the start of oppression by first the Spanish and then the English in this area of the Caribbean. Blacks were brought in as slaves by the English, and although Jamaica has had it's independence since 1963, the tension of authority and control still reigns. Jamaica is a story of injustice, international influence, ineffective governing, and unequal distribution of wealth; all of these elements provide a solid base for the theme of oppression and the need for a revolution and redemption in Jamaican music. Reggae in particular reflects these injustices, and the feelings, needs and desires to change the lifestyle that Jamaicans have historically lived. Reggae music has two meanings. It’s generic name for all Jamaican popular music since 1960, West Indian style of music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat. Reggae can also refer to the particular beat that was extremely popular in