With his gangster image, Colón ruffled the feathers of the musical establishment, but thrilled millions of fans as he displayed the raw rhythmic possibility of salsa ...

The music titan, who made more than 40 albums, died on Saturday. These recordings show how he shaped the genre ...

By styling himself after mobsters and blaxploitation characters early in his career, Mr. Colón, the legend of salsa music who ...

Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a ...

"While we grieve his absence, we also rejoice in the timeless gift of his music and the cherished memories he created that ...

Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro, and more have paid tribute to the Nuyorican artist ...

His celebrated collaboration with Rubén Blades, “Siembra,” became one of the bestselling salsa albums of all time, and the ...

Willie Colón, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records ...