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The History Of The Evil Pina Narrative and How it Came To Be. Is Raphy Pina really the Darth Vader of The Reggaeton Business? Maybe. (Rough Draft)

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  by Reggaeton Party Mane "El Chachi Lova" The Beginning (1997 to 2001) Ironically, there were no evil narratives about Raphy Pina during his beginnings.  He started out as a barber despite being the son of a famous local record mogul.  Pina Sr. began the Pina Records music label as a means to distribute mostly folkloric Puerto Rican music like Trova, Bomba y Plena.  He occasionally signed tropical acts such as Grupo Karis as well. During Raphy Pina Jr's stint as a barber, he found out through scuttlebutt at the shop that Don Chezina was unsigned and looking for a label to produce and finance his not yet started solo debut.  Raphy brought the legendary MC to his father who signed Don Chezina to a record deal on the recommendation of his son.  Raphy Pina Jr. was smart enough to leverage points on the sales of Don Chezina's debut "Bien Guillao De Gangster", released in 1997.  Raphy immediately went out and bought his first luxury car with all the money h...
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The Disingenuous world of Podcast Reactions and Social Media Influencers within Reggaeton and Urbano Music (Exclusive)

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  The Disingenuous world of Podcast Reactions and Social Media Influencers within Reggaeton and Urbano Music by DJ Chachi Lova AKA Reggaeton Party Mane 1 "El Uno" I honestly felt that for the longest time, podcasters and social media influencers held little to no power over the Reggaeton and Spanish Rap culture much less how it is consumed.   Boy, was I wrong.   An album I won’t mention but that is the most overrated in the history of this music is what got me looking at things differently.   Most people don’t know the role influencers play, but here I will tell you. This isn’t the first time an album has been overrated by the social media foothold.   I remember when “X100PRE” first came out in the tail end of 2019.   So many relevant voices (most who I don’t know who they are, but they have several followers and not all are botted, though some are) came out on social media and declared it an instant classic.   They also wanted people who disagreed...
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