There are a lot of Black artists killing it, but they don’t fit the mold of what the mainstream market, or the American market, is looking for. “Panama hasn’t gotten that much attention. As one of New York’s most exciting DJs, Bembona is on a mission to reclaim Panama’s disregarded contributions to the game and uplift current talent in the Central American country. But she knew less of artists coming out of Panama, the oft-forgotten originators of reggae en español (or plena), a genre that largely influenced the more popular vibras of el caribe. She was well-versed on la isla del encanto’s salsa orchestras and its reggaetoneros who, at the time, were dominating local radio stations. Growing up in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, Puerto Rican-Panamanian DJ Bembona was raised on a heavy dose of Bori soundscapes.
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