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El General

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Afro-Panamanian artist Edgardo Franco, often called a father of reggae en Español; his late-1980s/early-1990s hits such as 'Tu Pum Pum' and 'Te Ves Buena' brought Spanish-language dancehall to a mass Latin American audience and are widely cited as key precursors to reggaeton (Wikipedia 'El General'; Remezcla; Billboard).

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El General - Tu Pum Pum (1989)

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Youtube upload (channel: El General (Edgardo Franco), prod. Michael Ellis); embedded as a discovery-only reference pending editorial review.

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West Indian canal labourers, Panamanian raggamuffin deejays and a wave of Spanish- and Portuguese-language bands carried Jamaican reggae across Latin America.