"This music has been around for a while and now it's going mainstream," event organizer Diana Dotel says. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Dembow is having a moment, and hopping on the wave is ...

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 ...

Kiko El Crazy broke out in the Dominican Republic with some of the dembow’s scene most off-the-wall songs — spry and agile, like they were moving in fast-forward, punctuated with a signature shake of ...

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 ...

Pitchfork contributing editor Isabelia Herrera’s new column covers the most captivating songs, trends, and scenes coming out of Latin America and its diaspora. Raymi Paulus is sitting in his apartment ...

When our star of the year for 2018, Cardi B, and Dominican singer-musician El Alfa, a foremost “dembow” artist, teased a collaboration, fans were eager to hear the finished product. When their song ...

“That means so much to me because you’re one of the coldest ever to do it,” she replies to the DMV MC. “It just means so much, I’m so happy to hear that!” And a collaboration between Bia and Wale ...

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 ...

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 ...

"I love just dipping into different genres and bringing them together," tells Billboard on the red carpet of her music. By Heran Mamo Bia had a heartfelt moment with Wale at the 2022 BET Awards Sunday ...