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In Panama, dancehall reggae sung in Spanish language by artists of Latin American origin is known as Reggae en Español (in English, Spanish reggae [1]). It originated in the late 1980s in Panama. Reggae en Español goes by several names; in Panama, it is called "La Plena panameña".
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Often artists would translate Jamaican songs into Spanish and then proceed to sing over the original reggae melodies. [1] These Afrocentric music styles became more popular during the rise of african movements in the 1920s. Panamanian reggae emerged in the [needs correct date] as a blend of Jamaican dancehall, reggae, Trinidadian soca and ...
Edgardo Armando Franco (born 27 September 1969), better known as El General, is a Panamanian former reggae artist [1] considered by some to be one of the fathers of reggae en Español [2] and a precursor to reggaetón. [3] [4] During the early 1990s, he was one of the artists who initiated the Spanish-language dancehall variety of reggae music ...
In 2001, Ander Valverde, founder of Green Valley, (whose surname translated in English gives name to the band), began performing in Sound System format in Vitoria.One Year later he recorded his first demo solo El sueño perdido and, soon after, in September 2004, the idea of forming a band emerged.
Spanish Reggae was a product of musical movements in Jamaica and Panama, while Spanish Hip-Hop was created by the influence of Hip-Hop in the U.S. at the time. [16] Reggaeton was developed in areas of Public housing in Puerto Rico, known as "caserios," which were filled with urban poverty and criminal activity such as drug violence. [17]
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