El Alfa has placed an expiration date on his career as an active musician. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the Dominican superstar published a grief-stricken post on Instagram mourning the death of his grandmother while declaring his plans to step away from social media for the moment, and from music indefinitely, …
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Black Eyed Peas tapped El Alfa and Becky G for a lively music video for their joint single, “Tonight.” The track, which will appear in forthcoming action flick Bad Boys: Ride or Die, was previously teased in the movie’s trailer. The futuristic video sees the musicians performing the song inside …
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Peso Pluma continues his hot collab streak. On Thursday, El Alfa released his dembow single “Plebada,” featuring a fiery rap verse from the Mexican rising star, who continues to top multiple global charts. The video splices clips of the two musicians dancing by a pool in the Dominican Republic and …
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The Rolling Loud Miami lineup just got more Latino. On Monday, the music festival scheduled for July announced that Puerto Rican reggaetón artist Anuel AA and dembow king El Alfa will be performing at the historically rap-focused event. “Fill that place with Dominican, Cuban, and Mexican flags,” wrote El Alfa …
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El Alfa‘s kids have some flow! On Thursday, the Dominican star released his single “Abloh,” which features rap verses from his two kids Fendi and Emanuel, who are credited as Big League Fendi and Man Serious on the track. “Look at me my car/Bring me the dough,” rap Emanuel, 6, …
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El Alfa never stops. Throughout his 15-year career, the Dominican pioneer has worked relentlessly to bring dembow to the world — and it’s worked. The genre has gone massively global with him at the center, respected among his peers and the whole of the Latin music industry as dembow’s fierce …
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If there’s one person who represents the global force that Dominican dembow has become, it’s El Alfa. The artist, whose real name is Enmanuel Herrera, has been on the scene for 14 years, becoming one of the genre’s leading figures. He’s become a go-to collaborator for stars such as Bad …
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Kiko El Crazy broke out in the Dominican Republic with some of the dembow’s scene most off-the-wall songs — spry and agile, like they were moving in fast-forward, punctuated with a signature shake of his neon-pink hair. However, when he started looking for a track to open up his album …
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