We took dancehall and hip-hop and mixed it in the middle. I knew we had something. I thought, ‘This sound is Puerto Rican sound.’

The shooters had mistaken me for someone else. I entered a total rebellious phase. It completely changed me.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.

I’m all about breaking stereotypes.

The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I’m quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.

I’m from the crime capital / And the air smells like death that eats everything that lives / If it was up to me / I would reunite every gang in the name of the...

You can see that he invests time to develop excellent work that differentiates itself from others. I’m always looking to be a leader, and Carlos knows how to stay on the forefront and create things...

I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.

[But when the infectious beat of reggaet ”³n, which is derived from Jamaican dancehall and other Afro-Caribbean beats, became popular on the Spanish-speaking island, many local rappers abandoned standard hip-hop breakbeats.] Latinos are children of...

My Idol.

I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.

It’s the first time people will be able to see a reggaetone artist going on tour by himself, so it’s a new experience for me, but it’s not new because I’ve been doing this in...

In the past year we didn’t have a true genre that speaks for the Latino’s. Right now we have that with the reggaetone,

I’m not a machista that tells his girl what she has to put on. I let her be herself.

I’ve always dreamed of touring by myself. We’re introducing reggaeton to the masses now. We’ve been doing this for the last 13 years, so for the Latin community this is not new. But this tour...

They thought I was a friend of mine, … It’s the same thing that happens in the ‘hood here. I was the victim, but it wasn’t for me.

Our aim is to establish El Cartel as not just another tequila but part of the club and party lifestyle. There are several songs where I mention the brand name, and a lot of these...

Reggaeton means the same thing to Latino youth as hip-hop does to African-American kids. We didn’t have artists to look up to before. But the young kids now, they’re looking at Daddy Yankee and Tego...

That song Oye Mi Canto was the key to introduce reggaeton to the masses. It’s like what Rapper’s Delight (by the Sugarhill Gang) was for the hip-hop movement in the early ’80s.

When I talk about the Internet, it’s because young people are there. TV and radio are still what moves the masses, and you can’t ignore that. But you also have to feed that monster that...

I’m ready to contribute a lot in the genre and, you know, I feel a little responsibility over my shoulders because right now, ‘ Daddy Yankee said. I’m the ambassador of my movement. But, being...

I have a record I love, ‘Limbo,’ which is very catchy.

I’m representing for Latinos all over the world. … This ain’t a one-hit-wonder thing. It’s just the beginning. And it’s a special moment for me and my culture.

‘Limbo’ has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

I am excited about the great opportunity this new radio show will give my Hispanic community,

I’ve been through a lot of beef with other singers, but it’s all verbal.

The people that love us most are the women. There are so many bad things you see on the news these days, but with reggaet ”³n, you can escape; it liberates your life.