A Timeline Of Perreo (1994 to Now)
What is Perreo? Well, it has really evolved over the years. It is actually becoming a culture. It originally started out as a dance. Then it was slang for “sexy times” and eventually came to represent a specific style of Reggaeton. But today, you have feminists and LGBTQ groups adopting it as a form of expression and representation. Reggaeton personality & historian “La Gata” traces Perreo’s origins back to Africa and Tribalist expression within dance to the evolution of today in mostly women expressing their comfortability with one’s self and body. We aren’t gonna go back that far. Many don’t know the origins of Perreo, I do however. I guess you could say I was there when this whole thing was created. I mean, I wasn’t at Discoteca Rappers with Oakley but I was fully immersed within Reggaeton culture when Perreo became a thing. Will Perreo continue to get bigger? Possibly. But right now...