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Vladimir Dotel, In Another Tone

Vladimir Dotel, leader of the tropical urban group Ilegales, knows a bit about reinvention. As a young rapper in the late ‘80s in Santo Domingo, he quickly realized that hip-hop did not have much commercial potential in the Dominican Republic. He started experimenting with meringue and house, and penned a catchy amalgamation of the two, “La Morena,” which was released in 1995 when he…
