hard agree: the mighty Isabelia Herrera did a great job providing balanced perspective and context here (and I was happy to add a little too). it's a monumental case, and a shoe that many of us have been expecting to drop.
This is massive, and I really appreciate the way this piece lays everything out. I was obsessed with reggaeton in art school for the way that distinctive rhythm allowed so much to happen over and in it. This decision is potentially artistically ruinous in my opinion. pitchfork.com/thepitch/can...
A landmark lawsuit brought by two Jamaican producers raises difficult questions around the legal ownership of the dembow riddim and the cultural ownership of reggaeton as a genre. Isabelia Herrera unt...
fwiw I also spoke to CNN about the lawsuit this summer, but perhaps only your grandparents saw it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMl7...
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