History of Music in Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico music has changed as a mixed and active product of different cultural resources. The very exposed musical sources have been Spain and West Africa, though many ways of Puerto Rican music reveal roots elsewhere in Europe and the Caribbean and also in the last century, in United States of America.

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The Puerto Rica music culture now includes a large and rich collection of genres, extending from essentially local genres like bomba to the current fusion like reggaeton. Generally considered the realm of Puerto Rican music it is certainly made up of the music culture of the millions of people of Puerto Rican descent who have settled in the mainland United States of America and Hawaii and particularly in New York City. Their music from salsa to the boleros of Rafael Hernandez cannot be divided from the music culture of Puerto Rico itself. However, this entry will highlight music culture as it has booming on the island.