MIAMI (Billboard) - When Marc Anthony was a young, up-and-coming singer with long, flowing hair, his friend DJ/producer "Little" Louie Vega took him to meet Hector Lavoe, the legendary salsa singer.

Hits by two late Latin music icons whose ballads and salsa songs are constants in playlists across generations have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Juan ...

Colombian singer/rapper Ryan Castro channeled a candid rendition of Héctor Lavoe’s timeless salsa song “El Cantante,” appropriately titled “El Cantante del Ghetto” at the Latin American Music Awards ...

In a tribute to the salsa legend Héctor Lavoe, Ivy Queen and Rauw Alejandro performed in the ceremony’s opening number at this year’s Latin Grammys alongside Ricardo Montaner, Victor Manuelle, Jesus ...

"El Cantante" serves up some hot salsa indeed. The flashy song and dance numbers and glitzy party scenes give you a taste of what it was like to be a salsa star in the 1970s and '80s. The sights and ...