De La Calle

Nick explores the birthplace of hip hop in order to answer a controversial question if Latinos were co-founders of Hip Hop.

Nick heads to Panama: home of the Panama Canal, Reggae en Español, the direct ancestor to Reggaeton, and international superstar Sech.

Reggaeton has become a mainstream phenomenon taking the world by storm, but Reggaeton wasn't always welcome. The genre and its artists were once criminalised. Nick travels to Puerto Rico to unpack the evolution of Reggaeton on the island.

Nick heads to Cuba where hip-hop was once viewed as a cultural invasion from the US. He learns about the evolution of rap Cubano, and how artists created their own distinct sound on an island cut off from the outside world.

Nick goes to Spain, where the hip-hop scene explodes after the end of the fascist dictatorship. In Granada, Madrid, and Barcelona he witnesses how Spanish artists are fusing hip-hop with other forms of traditional music, like flamenco.

Medellin is home to some of Reggaeton's biggest stars like Karol G and Nicky Jam. Nick seeks out how Reggaeton made its way from Puerto Rico to Medellin, and then travels to Cartagena where he dives into Colombia's very own Afro Beat, Champeta.