Reggaetón king Tego Calderón was into salsa as a teenager, then hip-hop. The music that would make him a star didn't even have a name yet. "To tell you the truth, I was not a fan of reggaetón at the ...

With jazzy orchestra sounds, folkloric Afro-Boricua percussion, and political lyrics united over a ubiquitous dembow riddim, Tego Calderón’s album El Abayarde embodies the soul of reggaeton. Twenty ...

The first time I heard "El Abayarde," I thought, "Who is this dude straight dropping fire lyrics on these reggaeton beats?!" Until then, reggaeton had been (at least to me) party music. It was my ...

After a five-year absence, Tego Calderón returns with a vibrant mixtape that cements his status as reggaetón’s answer to KRS-One. Thankfully, though, the album has no reggaetón in it — by embracing ...

Tego Calderon is big in New York and Miami. He’s huge across Latin America. And in his native Puerto Rico — forget about it. So why is his upcoming album titled “The Underdog?” Maybe because Calderon ...

Tego Calderón enters stage right at Madison Square Garden. On cue, the crowd at last October’s second annual Megaton concert—the largest reggaetón event in the country—erupts into a frenzy. They’re ...

With his supersized Afro, just-woke-up-after-a-late-night voice, and I-can't-believe-I'm-a-star humility, Tego Calderón might be the most lovable thug of all time. Certainly, he's the most loved ...

It has been three years since Tego Calderón released his debut album, El Abayarde, but the reggaetón star says he's not worried about losing any ground. Since 2003, reggaetón has exploded, with a ...

Reggaeton pioneer Tego Calderón released his first solo music in more than eight years on Friday, dropping “La Receta” (“The Prescription”), a smooth track that casts El Abayarde as a romantic leading ...