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Week 12 The Rise and Fall of Reggaetón

Week 12 The Rise and Fall of Reggaetón

Q Answer the following questions: 1. According to Wayne Marshall, what is Panama’s contribution to the genre known as reggaeton? 2. How is "mestizaje" expressed in this musical genre? 3. What distinguished reggaeton’s mainstream success from some of its other Latino musical genre predecessors?

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1. According to Wayne Marshall, what is Panama’s contribution to the genre known as reggaeton? That is where it originated and they brought it to other places in the world where they migrated, such as the US. It is known that at least since the 1970s people from Panama had been recording and performing reggae. Paving the way for new big artists like El General and Nando Boom, who helped popularize this genre of music. 2. How is "mestizaje" expressed in this musical genre? Most people who helped make this genre popular were mestizos and they took pride in that.