In September of 2016, a young Venezuelan singer named Danny Ocean released "Me Rehúso," a reggaeton-flavored ode to a lover left behind when he moved to Miami. The bracing, wistful track connected first in Ocean's homeland, zipping up Venezuela's viral chart on Spotify; soon it spread around Latin America, rising up the viral rankings in other countries. Within a year, Ocean had a global smash
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside Latin Pop’s 2017 Takeover