The ritmo (rhythm) of the island has washed ashore, but this isn’t the typical tropical groove. These dancefloor smashes struck a chord thanks to their use of Dembow, an ultrafast dance genre from the ...

Thew new song follows Ice Spice’s viral “Big Guy” from the Spongebob Movie. She also released “Baddie Baddie,” joined Katseye for a remix of “Gnarly” and was tapped by Latto for “Gyatt.” For her part, ...

It’s the classic underdog story. At that time, dembow faced relentless criticism and resistance due to what one Dominican Republic government official recently referred to as “sexual and obscene ...

The sold-out show by the Dominican artist was a watershed moment for the dembow movement. By Isabelia Herrera “Who said the Dominican Republic couldn’t go global?” El Alfa announced in Spanish from ...

On Jan. 7, Dominican superstar El Alfa posted a grief-stricken message on Instagram following the death of his grandmother Ramonita, and ended with a message of retirement for his nearly two-decade ...

While women artists have been some of the genre's most important ambassadors and trendsetters, they have consistently been snubbed. Case in point: “Chimbala y El Movimiento,” the first festival ...