In reggaeton podcast ‘Loud,’ Ivy Queen recounts the style’s oft-forgotten historical past

An immersive new podcast, hosted by pioneering emcee Ivy Queen, is additional illuminating reggaeton’s roots. Produced by Spotify and Futuro Studios, “Loud: The Historical past of Reggaeton” unpacks the style’s rise throughout many years and a number of nations together with america and Colombia. “It’s a narrative that touches on race, intercourse … life within the streets,” Ivy Queen (affectionately recognized to her followers as La Diva) tells listeners in a mixture of English and Spanish. “For some folks, reggaeton is simply get together music, however the actual story behind reggaeton is a narrative about resistance.”