SCENE

Reggae en Español

from 1987Panamá
THE STORY

El General, Nando Boom — Afro-Panamanian artists voicing Jamaican riddims in Spanish. The first great translation.

EXPLORE
DANCEHALLTRAVELED WITH THE PEOPLE · Dem Bow travelsPR UndergroundTOOK ROOTREGGAETONEl GeneralDaddy Yankee

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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”