{"id":18483,"date":"2021-10-10T00:55:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T04:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=18483"},"modified":"2021-10-10T01:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T05:04:29","slug":"reggaeton-origins-tainy-taiko-kat-dahlia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/reggaeton-origins-tainy-taiko-kat-dahlia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tainy, Taiko, and Kat Dahlia on the origins of reggaeton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Reggaeton has an incredible history,&#8221; singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/collections\/SpliceArtistTeam\/3b9MOHEZgKpIbd4xEmP1cJeZ8vo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kat Dahlia (opens in a new tab)\"><strong>Kat Dahlia<\/strong><\/a> tells us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was started in Panama in the Canal Zone, by a bunch of West Indian Black Panamanians. It originated as Spanish reggae, and became a way to combat racism and oppression. From there, it turned into Spanish dancehall, and then eventually what we know as reggaeton today.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you look at it compared to hip hop, I think it has a similar story,&#8221; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tainy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/tainy-pack\" target=\"_blank\">Tainy<\/a> adds. &#8220;It comes from the underground\u2014people who are living the struggles. 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