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Straight Outta Puerto Rico: Reggaeton’s Rough Road to Glory

Jan 1, 2008

1h 11m

★ 10.0

Overview

Explore the burgeoning Reggaeton music scene going back to its roots in Jamaican Reggae and Latin American Soca rhythms. Take an in-depth look at the increasingly popular reggaeton style of music by revisiting its reggae and Latin American soca roots in this documentary.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

Xenon Pictures

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Cast

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Tego Calderon

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Luny Tunes

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Don Omar

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Daddy Yankee

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Vico C

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Ivy Queen

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0.0

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8.0

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0.0

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5.5

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0.0

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0.0

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4.6

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5.5

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9.0

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0.0

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10.0

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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7.0

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Straight Outta Puerto Rico: Reggaeton’s Rough Road to Glory

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