Cuba: Pop Culture

·         The music of Cuba, including the instruments and the dances, is mostly of European and African origin

·         Cuban hip-hop is one of the latest genres of music to be embraced not only by the country's youth but also, more reluctantly, by the government

·         Within modern Cuba, there are also popular musicians working in the rock and reggaeton idioms

·         One of the main rhythmic fusions in Cuban music is the son

·         Other typical Cuban forms are the habanera, the guaracha, the danzón, the rumba, the bolero, the chachachá, the mambo, the punto, and many variations on these themes

Source: muse.jhu.edu/demo/cuban_studies