" Panda " is the debut single by American rapper Desiigner . The song premiered in December 2015 and was released for digital download on the iTunes Store as a single, before being re-released on February 26, 2016. The song was written by Desiigner and the track's producer was Menace. "Panda" was heavily sampled by GOOD Music labelmate and founder Kanye West for " Pt. 2 ", a song on West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo , and inspired a number of remixes. The single received a nomination for Best Rap Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards . A music video was released on May 10, 2016. It was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards .
26-441: María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano Cardona (born November 8, 1997), known professionally as Young Miko , is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and former footballer. In 2022, she released her debut EP, Trap Kitty , featuring Latin trap tracks. In April 2024, she released her debut studio album, Att. , featuring collaborations with Feid , Jowell & Randy , Villano Antillano , Elena Rose , and Dei V. Morelia Ramírez
52-472: A Pasar Mañana , which was considered one of his first true Latin trap albums since 2020. Young Miko is emerging onto the Latin trap scene due to her album Trap Kitty in 2022. She has landed two major collaborations with Bad Bunny and Feid , which were Hot 100 hits. Panda (song) "Panda" is a hip hop and trap song. The hook was written about a white BMW X6 , a luxury CUV which he likens to
78-451: A black-and-white BMW X6 sparked Desiigner's breakout joyride anthem 'Panda'. The Brooklyn upstart's spazzy, high-octane bars may have required a Genius.com lyric video to decipher, but the energy was so contagious that Kanye West had to tap the melodic G.O.O.D. Music MC's smash for his own zeitgeist -capturing album." Pitchfork listed "Panda" on their ranking of the 100 best songs of 2016 at number 56. "Panda" debuted at number 96 on
104-433: A scathing diss track towards Almighty, entitled "RIP Panda", after being taken down from the remix. In July 2017, The Fader wrote: "Rappers and reggaetoneros from Puerto Rico have taken elements of trap – the lurching bass lines, jittering 808s and the eyes-half-closed vibe – and infused them into banger after banger." In an August 2017 article for Billboard 's series, "A Brief History Of", they enlisted some of
130-542: Is also heard in the television shows Empire , Rosewood , Black-ish , Son of Zorn , Skam , and The Last Man on Earth . The song is also heard in the films The Secret Life of Pets 2 (in which Kevin Hart briefly covers the track) and Baywatch . Beyoncé used the song as part of a dance break during her song " Diva " in The Formation World Tour . The song's official music video
156-454: Is similar to mainstream trap with lyrics about life on la calle (the street), drugs, sex and violence. Latin trap is a subgenre of Latin hip hop , taking influence from Southern hip hop as well as Puerto Rican genres like reggaeton and dembow . Vocals include a bend of rapping and singing using synthesizers and voice distorted autotune , often in Spanish, while still maintaining
182-604: The Billboard Hot 100 , marking her first appearance on the chart. Ramírez is openly lesbian . Latin trap Latin trap is a subgenre of Latin hip hop music that originated in Puerto Rico . A direct descendant of southern hip hop , and influenced by reggaeton , it gained popularity after 2007, and has since spread throughout Latin America. The trap is slang for a place where drugs are sold. Latin trap
208-530: The US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart issue dated March 12, 2016, and reached the top five in its seventh week. On its ninth week, "Panda" reached number one on the Hot 100 for the chart dated May 7, 2016, ending the nine-week reign of " Work " by Rihanna featuring Drake . The feat ended a record-setting 41-week streak of non-Americans topping the chart. It stayed at number one for two weeks, until it
234-547: The United States. The song had the most on demand streams (audio and video combined) in the US in 2016 (791,000). "Panda" has been unofficially remixed several times by various rappers, including T-Pain , Lil Mama , Uncle Murda , Montana of 300 , Dave East , Lupe Fiasco , Futuristic , Meek Mill , Lil' Kim , Cupcakke , Maino , Kash Doll , Fabolous , Joyner Lucas and Fat Trel among others. A Spanish version
260-454: The appearance of a panda bear . The black X6 is compared to a phantom. "I'm just putting it in a greater way of how I say and the way I live." Desiigner discovered the song's beat on YouTube , which was produced by up-and-coming Rochdale -based producer Menace. Menace has stated the track takes influence from the UK grime scene. Rolling Stone named "Panda" one of the 30 best songs of
286-630: The first Puerto Rican artists using early Latin trap beats to rap, began posting their songs through social media platforms. In mid-2015, Cuban artist TRAUMATIZE from Miami, FL releases "Aguadulce" Latin trap record, a collaborator of the American Hip Hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony . This new sound eventually gained popularity in Puerto Rico, and many Latin trap hits emerged, such as Anuel AA ’s "47 Remix" Bryant Myers ' "Esclava Remix", Farruko 's "Ella y Yo", and De la Ghetto's "La Ocasión",
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#1732780233645312-406: The first half of 2016, writing "The Future -esque rapping and menacing trap beat that underlies 'Panda' ' s ridiculous repetition were already making Internet waves, but a prominent sample on Kanye West's The Life of Pablo made Desiigner a fixture everywhere from car stereos to Vogue shoots." Billboard ranked "Panda" at number 24 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list: "Visions of
338-523: The first song with Latin trap elements in it to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. It currently has over 2 billion views on YouTube. In 2018, Cardi B 's hit single " I Like It " featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin became the first Latin trap song to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. J Balvin and Bad Bunny appear at the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show performing Latin trap songs for
364-513: The first time in history. Bad Bunny is the most influential Latin trap artist being named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021. Bad Bunny is currently at his peak being named Spotify's most streamed artist of 2021 and 2022. On May 6, 2022 Bad Bunny released his album Un Verano Sin Ti reaching the milestone of most-streamed artist globally in one day, with 183 million streams. In 2023, Bad Bunny released his album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va
390-557: The key artists of Latin trap, including Ozuna , De la Ghetto , Bad Bunny , Farruko and Messiah - to narrate a brief history on the genre. Elias Leight of Rolling Stone noted: "[Jorge] Fonseca featured Puerto Rican artists like Anuel AA , Bryant Myers and Noriel on the compilation Trap Capos: Season 1 , which became the first "Latin trap" LP to reach number one on Billboard 's Latin Rhythm Albums chart." Many other reggaeton and Latin trap artists contributed to
416-633: The latter to which Ozuna and Anuel AA credits with expanding Latin trap internationally. A Spanish version of " Panda " was released by Almighty on the Miami-based label Carbon Fiber Music. The single reached #36 on Hot Latin Songs and #23 on Latin Rhythm Airplay . Borrowing the original version's beat, it features Farruko , owner of said label, while a subsequent remix adds Daddy Yankee and Cosculluela . Additionally, Anuel AA released
442-544: The popularity of Latin trap, such as Bad Bunny who led an explosion to the popularity of the genre. Bad Bunny produced several songs that made it into Billboard ' s Hot Latin Songs chart and has multiple collaborations with popular American artists such as Nicki Minaj , Travis Scott , and Cardi B . He shortly became the face of Latin trap's sudden rise in popularity. Through collaborations with other artists, such as his appearance in Becky G 's " Mayores ", Bad Bunny
468-453: The remix. Kanye West sampled the song for his song "Pt. 2" which appeared on his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo (2016). In an interview with Big Boy on June 3, 2016, Kanye West announced an official "15 minute" Panda remix, featuring verses from all GOOD Music artists. However, as of 2024, the remix has not seen any release. "Panda" was used by NBA player Shaquille O'Neal as his WrestleMania 32 entrance music . The song
494-536: The song "El Pistolón", performed by Arcángel & De la Ghetto , Yaga & Mackie , and Jowell & Randy (the former two were duo at the time). De la Ghetto on the other hand, states that he has been performing Latin trap since around 2005 or 2006, and that people thought "he was crazy". Reggaeton artists at this time wanted to introduce elements of American hip hop and R&B to a Spanish audience. Latin trap began to gain prominence around 2014 when artists such as Alvaro Diaz, Myke Towers and Fuete Billete,
520-423: The trap style sonic circuitry. The lyrics in Latin trap are often about street life, violence, sex, drugs, and people who live on the other side of the law and are proud of it. Latin trap originated in Puerto Rico and gained popularity throughout Latin America. The exact date of origin is unknown and has been widely debated. Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer Ozuna states that it originated in 2007 with
546-441: Was 16 years and 11 months old when " Royals " assumed the top spot (for nine weeks) on October 12, 2013. The song spent seventeen weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 before dropping out. It also reached number one on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . Among the Hot 100's component charts, "Panda" peaked at number 2 on Digital Songs and 10 on Radio Songs , and topped Streaming Songs . As of December 2016, it has sold 1,524,000 copies in
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#1732780233645572-578: Was among the first Latin trap artists to ever rap on the radio. His appearance on the radio has led to an increased recognition of Latin trap in the United States. His debut album X 100pre was released in December 2018 and was awarded with a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Music Album . In April 2018, the song " Te Boté ", a mix of Latin trap and reggaeton, was released by Nio García, Casper Mágico, Darell , Ozuna , Bad Bunny and Nicky Jam . It became
598-791: Was born in Añasco, Puerto Rico . She began writing poetry while attending a Catholic school in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico . In 2018, she started rapping her lyrics to beats she downloaded from YouTube . Ramírez uploaded these initial songs to SoundCloud under the name Young Miko. Her first song was "Quiero". Meanwhile, she worked as a tattoo artist for 4 years to pay bills and music studio costs. In 2022, Ramírez released her debut EP, Trap Kitty , featuring Latin trap tracks. She incorporates her identity and interests into her music including anime, urban music, and The Powerpuff Girls . On July 27, 2023, her reggaeton song " Classy 101 " reached number 99 on
624-404: Was released by Puerto Rican Latin trap artist Almighty on the Miami-based label Carbon Fiber Music. Borrowing the original version's beat, it features Farruko , owner of said label, while a subsequent remix adds Daddy Yankee and Cosculluela . Additionally, fellow Latin trap artist Anuel AA released a scathing diss track towards Almighty, entitled "RIP Panda", after being taken down from
650-455: Was released on May 10, 2016, through the subscription-based digital music streaming platform Tidal . The YouTube video came out on May 17 and has over half of a billion views as of 2023. The night time music video features an urban theme and close-ups of Desiigner himself, with a cameo appearance by Ye (formerly Kanye West). Desiigner carjacks a stopped black BMW X6 and cruises the streets; he then rides shotgun as he raps with Ye driving. At
676-409: Was replaced by " One Dance " by Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla on the chart issue dated May 21, 2016. Desiigner is the first rapper to crown the Hot 100 with a debut chart entry since Iggy Azalea arrived with " Fancy " (featuring Charli XCX ), which ruled for seven weeks beginning June 7, 2014. At 18 years and 11 months old, Desiigner is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100 since Lorde , who
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