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 ...

El Alfa never stops. Throughout his 15-year career, the Dominican pioneer has worked relentlessly to bring dembow to the world — and it’s worked. The genre has gone massively global with him at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dembow is taking over the world — and Chosen Few is meeting the moment with their 10th compilation album Chosen Few Dembow. To ...

Billboard explores the evolution of dembow by way of some of its most iconic musical moments from artists like Pablo Piddy, El Alfa, Chimbala and Tokischa. By Neena Rouhani R&B/Hip-Hop Reporter It’s ...

MIAMI, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, El Alfa announces his signing of a multi-million-dollar, eight figure deal with Sound Royalties, a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group and the music ...

Two months ago, Awez Darbar, an Indian dancer and choreographer with a sizable following — 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube and close to 19 million followers on TikTok — posted a new dance video ...

Do you know the real Tokischa? The dembow artist takes Billboard‘s Leila Cobo on a journey to the Dominican Republic for an unfiltered interview, conducted directly from her living room couch; she ...

The global music scene is about to experience a seismic shift as Supreme Record Label, the powerhouse led by visionary CEO Adam Kelman, announces the release of its latest high-energy single, “CHAPA”, ...

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 ...

Kelman Duran is a visual artist, music producer, and DJ based in Los Angeles. Having grown up on Dominican reggaeton in New York, he's recently been injecting some homegrown flavor into the local L.A.