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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

Cast

Tego Calderon

Himself

Tego Calderon

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Himself

Luny Tunes

Don Omar

Himself

Don Omar

Daddy Yankee

Himself

Daddy Yankee

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Himself

Vico C

Ivy Queen

Herself

Ivy Queen

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