Nod to The Legend · The producers · Early 1990s
DJ Playero
San Juan mixtapes
Playero's underground mixtapes in Puerto Rico put young rappers like Daddy Yankee over dembow and hip-hop beats, the raw start of reggaeton.
Still heard: The mixtape-to-mainstream path for urbano music.
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