De La Calle
Created and Hosted by Nick Barili, De La Calle takes a journey into the Latine diaspora to map the musical revolution of Rap, Reggaeton, Latin trap, Cumbia from the U.S. to Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Spain.
- 2023-2023
- 1 season
- Paramount+
- Documentary
Created and Hosted by Nick Barili, De La Calle takes a journey into the Latine diaspora to map the musical revolution of Rap, Reggaeton, Latin trap, Cumbia from the U.S. to Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Spain.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
NewYork
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 62 mins
Nick explores the birthplace of Hip Hop to answer: "Were Latinos co-founders of Hip Hop?" From DJing and MCing to break dancing and graffiti, he explores how Black and Latino communities shaped Hip Hop together from the beginning.
Episode 2
Panamá
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick heads to Panama to trace the roots of Reggaeton, from Caribbean migration and the birth of Reggae en Español to pioneers who transformed Jamaican sounds and paved the way for a global movement.
Episode 3
Puerto Rico
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick travels to Puerto Rico to trace its musical roots from bomba and plena to Reggaeton, exploring how the island shaped the sound and how a once-criminalized underground movement became a global phenomenon.
Episode 4
Cuba
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick heads to Cuba to trace the evolution of rap Cubano, from Hip Hop once viewed as a U.S. cultural invasion to a distinctly Cuban sound shaped by Afro-Cuban rhythms, isolation and resistance.
Episode 5
Spain
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick travels from Madrid and Barcelona to Granada to trace Spanish Hip Hop's rise after the dictatorship and how artists fuse it with flamenco, creating a sound rooted in both tradition and the streets.
Episode 6
Colombia
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick traces how Reggaeton traveled from Puerto Rico to Medellín and became part of Colombia's global sound, exploring cumbia and vallenato before heading to Cartagena for Champeta and Palenque for Hip Hop Palenquero.
Episode 7
Argentina
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick returns to Argentina to trace a lineage from payadores and rock to freestyle and today's Urbano explosion, exploring how generations of artists turned street culture, genre fusion and independence into a global sound.
Episode 8
México
Tue, Nov 7, 2023 44 mins
Nick travels across Mexico to explore a new generation reinventing tradition, from freestyle and regional sounds to Cumbiatón in Tepito, before heading to Oaxaca where Hip Hop amplifies Indigenous identity and culture.