Latino music is one of the most diverse that you will ever encounter, having been influenced from the Italian, African, and many more cultures. It has a varied form and style, although for most people, they consider Latino music as synonymous to salsa or reggaeton which is a music genre. Music in the carribean has a long history which shows a heavy influence of the Christian era and Roman culture during the first centuries. Later on, other cultural influences slowly made its imprint on the local music The 18th and 20th centuries have seen further developments of Spanish music, where opera, guitar, popular, and other genres emerged. These different influences led to the musical traditions that are unique to the Spanish.

Daddy Yankee is one of the best reggaeton artist today. He has won a Grammy and has sold over one million albums and has traveled around the world. He was born in Puerto Rico and raised there. He once got shot for being with a groups of people that were bad but he recovered and left that life to follow his dream of being a great reggaeton artist and he made it.

"Oye Mi Canto"; Hear my song. Latinos, Puerto Ricans in particular, have been stating this for years. Trying to get anyone who will listen to hear their music: Reggaeton. A blend of Spanish rap style lyrics laced over a sped up reggae drum beat. Many people in the U.S. got their first taste of Reggaeton with "Oye Mi Canto" in the summer of 2004. In fact, Reggaeton was developed 30 years ago in Panama when Jamaican immigrants were brought over during the building of the Panama Canal. With them, they brought Reggae music.