Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Globalization of Hip-Hop: Reggaeton



Ever since hip-hop hit the United States in the '70s, it has been interpreted by many countries around the world. It has even been developed into a second type of music, reggaeton. Reggaeton takes hip-hop like beats and Latino music and blends them.


The artists also take the style of many famous rap artists. Daddy-Yankee is the best example of how globalization has hit the rap industry. The goals of a reggaeton artist are the same as a rap artist. They want the money, cars, clothes, women and fame. These pictures are of two completely different artists. The one on the left is reggaeton artist, Daddy Yankee. The one on the right is Drake, a Canadian hip-hop artist.
Hip-hop is expanding more and more due to globalization. Many hip-hop artists are even collaborating with reggaeton artists to make a glocal music world.

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