With a booming wave of salsa artists including Luis Figueroa and ... Héctor Lavoe, Grupo Niche, Willie Colón and Ruben Blades. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, acts such as Eddie Santiago, Marc Anthony ...

When the song was released in 1989, originally performed by singer Willie Colón, it was banned from radio stations because of its content, but quickly became a salsa classic that spoke to a ...

Like his friend Hector, Willie Colon's roots lay in Puerto Rico, and we see how they both helped transform that island's folk sounds into full-blooded Salsa, with The Fania All Stars band in New York.

It's a tale of talent--creating salsa with Willie Colón, with the Fania All Stars, and as a soloist--and a story of disintegration fueled by drugs, alcohol, partying, and depression. Puchi's ...