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Daddy Yankee To Give First-Ever Spanish-Language Performance On The Late Late Show With James Corden

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Puerto Rico's global music star will perform his latest single, "Con Calma" featuring Snow
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Mar 19, 2019 - 4:49 pm

Reggaeton icon Daddy Yankee will be the first-ever artist to have a Spanish-language performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden when he performs on March 20.

Puerto Rico's global music star will perform his latest single, "Con Calma" featuring Snow, which is this week's No. 1 on Billboard's "Latin Airplay Songs" chart. 

The GRAMMY-nominated artist has been a trailblazer for reggaeton and latin urban pop in the music industry. In late Feb., J Balvin, Ozuna and other Latin urban artists paid tribute to Yankee at Premios Lo Nuestro, a testament to his influence.

"Without Daddy Yankee reggaeton would not be the same in the world ... J Balvin wouldn't exist without Daddy Yankee," Balvin said.

Catch the history-making Late Late Show performance on March 20 on CBS. Check your local listings. 

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Ozuna, J Balvin & More Pay Tribute To Daddy Yankee At Premio Lo Nuestro

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Yankee, whose career trajectory was honored with an award, performed his greatest hits including "Gasolina," Rompe" and "Lo Que Pasó, Pasó" alongside J Balvin, Ozuna, Yandel and more
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Feb 22, 2019 - 12:44 pm

Latin urban music stars came together on Thursday (Feb. 21) to pay tribute to GRAMMY-nominated and Latin GRAMMY-winning reggaeton icon Daddy Yankee at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards show in Miami. 

Yankee, whose career trajectory was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, performed his greatest hits including "Gasolina," Rompe" and "Lo Que Pasó, Pasó" alongside J Balvin, Ozuna, Yandel, Zion y Lennox and De La Ghetto. 

"I, my friends, my collegues first, the world thanks you," Latin GRAMMY winner Balvin said onstage after the performance, not reading from the teleprompter, but saying words from his heart. "Without Daddy Yankee reggaeton would not be the same in the world ... J Balvin wouldn't exist without Daddy Yankee."

Balvin continued: "A lot of the time we wait for people to leave this world to tell them how great they are, I'll take this moment to tell you face to face, thank you for what you have done for us."

Yankee thanked his fans and his "veteran" and "new generation" colleagues. "This is for you. Our genre has grown because there is unison, there is a brotherhood," he said. He also had encouraging words for his native Puerto Rico, sharing that anyone can be a positive vessel for change, no matter where they come from.

Reggaeton won big at the awards, which celebrate talented performers in Latin music: Ozuna took nine awards including Male Artist Of The Year, Balvin took the Premio Lo Nuestro Artist Of The Year award for the third consecutive year and urban artist Natti Natasha took home four awards including one for her collaboration with Becky G. 

A full list of winners can be found on the Premio Lo Nuestro website.

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Wu-Tang Clan Are Making History At Nashville's Ryman Auditorium

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NPR reports that while the venue, known as "The Mother Church Of Country Music," has hosted concerts, church revivals and boxing matches, but it has never offered a headlining hip-hop event
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Jun 10, 2019 - 12:34 pm

GRAMMY-nominated hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan will be the first-ever hip-hop act to be at the top of the bill at the historic Ryman Auditorim in Nashville, Tenn.

NPR reports that while the venue, known as "The Mother Church Of Country Music," has hosted concerts, church revivals and boxing matches, but it has never offered a headlining hip-hop event. The group will stop by on their international tour celebrating 25 years of their 1993 album Enter The Wu-Tang for a sold-out show on June 9. 

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"It's just not intuitive to have necessarily a hip-hop show at the Ryman," Nashville concert promoter and Belmont University professor Eric Holt told NPR. "It's going to be interesting. I mean, the energy, I think is going to be different."

GRAMMY-winning record producer/musician Shannon Sanders, former member of one of Nashville's first hip hop groups, told NPR that country has outshined hip hop in the city, "It's just been hard to be part of the narrative of the city's musical story," he said. Sanders added that times at the Ryman have changed. 

"You know, the Ryman has had to grow up too, and had to grow up into what the city is," Sanders said. "You know, the Wu-Tang is ready for the Ryman, but also the Ryman is ready for the Wu-Tang."

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J Balvin, Ozuna, Daddy Yankee & Anuel AA at 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards

J Balvin, Ozuna, Daddy Yankee & Anuel AA

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Ozuna Takes Home Record 11 Billboard Latin Music Awards

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The Puerto Rican reggaeton artist was also one of the many performers during the show, bringing out Latin GRAMMY winners J Balvin and Daddy Yankee, as well as Anuel AA, for a surprise cameo
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Apr 26, 2019 - 2:28 pm

Last night, on April 25, some of the biggest names in Latin music gathered in Las Vegas for the 2019 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Rising reggaeton star Ozuna made his mark with the most-ever wins in the show's history, taking home 11 awards, including Artist of the Year and Hot Latin Artist of the Year, Male.

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Latin GRAMMY winner Nicky Jam and Latin GRAMMY/GRAMMY nominee Bad Bunny followed fellow Puerto Rican Ozuna with five and four wins, respectively. The trio collabed in 2018 on the popular "Te Boté (Remix)," which brought them on Nio García, Darell and Casper Mágico's track. The song earned the crew three wins, including Hot Latin Song of the Year

The evening was filled with killer outfits and upbeat performances. The night's big winner had some surprises during his two song medley, bringing out Latin GRAMMY-winning reggaeton heavy-hitters J Balvin and Daddy Yankee, along with fellow rising star Anuel AA to drop a few bars during "Baila Baila Baila." The trio are the featured artists on the brand-new remix of the song, along with Latin GRAMMY winner Farruko.

Balvin, along with fellow Latin GRAMMY winner Rosalía and El Guincho (who co-produced Rosalía's epic El Mal Querer with her) also took the stage to perform their 2019 classic-reggaeton-inspired collab, "Con Altura." Seeing as Balvin has been dropping the hot tracks like no one's business lately, he followed with "Contra La Pared, joined on stage by collaborator and GRAMMY winner Sean Paul.

Related: Ozuna, J Balvin & More Pay Tribute To Daddy Yankee At Premio Lo Nuestro

Other performers included Latin GRAMMY/GRAMMY winner Marc Anthony, Latin GRAMMY winner Luis Fonsi, as well as Romeo Santos with his newly reunited hit bachata group Aventura.

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Wiz Khalifa Announces Decent Exposure Tour With French Montana & More

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The tour announcement comes days after the rapper released the 'Fly Times, Vol.1: The Good Fly Young' mixtape
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Apr 22, 2019 - 1:36 pm

Wiz Khalifa has announced plans to hit the road for his Decent Exposure Tour and will bring French Montana, Playboi Carti and more along with him.

The tour will kick off on July 9 in Atlanta, stop by in Cincinnati, Chicago, San Antonio, Texas, Denver and other cities before its last stop in Boise, Idaho on Aug. 15. Moneybagg Yo, DJ Drama and Chevy Woods will also tour with Khalifa. 

The tour announcement comes days after the rapper released the Fly Times, Vol.1: The Good Fly Young mixtape.

Tickets for the tour will be available to the general public Friday, April 26. For more information on tickets, visit the Ticketmaster website.  

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