{"id":1872741,"date":"2026-04-08T19:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872741"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:38:31","slug":"ryan-castro-gangsta-snatch-first-no-1-on-latin-airplay-with-kapo-collab-la-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872741","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Castro & Gangsta Snatch First No. 1 on Latin Airplay With Kapo Collab \u2018La Villa\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tRyan Castro and Gangsta earn their first No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s overall Latin Airplay chart as \u201cLa Villa,\u201d with Kapo, jumps 2-1 on the chart dated April 11. Kapo adds his fourth champ.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201c\u2018La Villa\u2019 was born from a real vibe, from a party with Kapo, all organic, nothing forced,\u201d Castro tells Billboard<\/em>. \u201cWhen music comes out like that, big things happen. This No. 1 means a lot to me and to the fans who have been with me since day one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cLa Villa\u201d incorporates a sample from Jamaican dancehall artist Sister Nancy\u2019s 1982 song \u201cBam Bam,\u201d whose chorus is itself inspired by the 1966 track of the same name by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, featuring Toots and The Maytals. Both Castro\u2019s \u201cLa Villa\u201d and Sister Nancy\u2019s \u201cBam Bam\u201d draw from the instrumental \u201cStalag Riddim\u201d\u2014the oft-sampled reggae rhythm\u2014originally created for Ansell Collins\u2019 1973 track \u201cStalag 17,\u201d which was produced by Winston Riley.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cLa Villa\u201d was produced by Colombian Gangsta, who previously earned a No. 1 as producer on Latin Airplay through Maluma\u2019s \u201c11 PM\u201d in 2019 \u2014both Sony Music Latin releases. \u201cLa Villa\u201d jumps 2-1 after an 15% growth, to 8.8 million audience impressions in the week ending April 2, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt is an honor to reach this No. 1, not just as a producer but also as a standout artist,\u201d Gangsta, born Pedro Juan de la Ossa Medrano, adds. \u201cThis is a song that, like all our music, was born genuinely and with strong musical identity because it combines the best of two genres: dancehall and Afrobeat, which we call Afro dancehall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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\n\tThe Colombian producer of Latin Afrobeats, dancehall and Caribbean music has been instrumental in crafting most of Kapo\u2019s hits. Among those, three Latin Airplay top 10s: \u201cOhnana\u201d peaked at No. 2 in November 2024; \u201cUwaie\u201d reached No. 5 in March 2025; while Kapo\u2019s previous Castro pair-up, \u201cD\u00f3nde,\u201d stretched to No. 8 in January.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile Castro and Gangsta celebrate their first No. 1, Kapo adds his fourth chart-topper, dating to Danny Ocean collaboration \u201cImag\u00ednate,\u201d \u201cM\u00e1s Que T\u00fa,\u201d with Ozuna, and \u201cLuna,\u201d with Wisin \u2014all in 2025.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe popularity of \u201cLa Villa\u201d extends beyond the U.S. The song spent six weeks atop the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 and the Billboard Colombia Hot 100 charts between January-April.<\/p>\n
\n\tStateside, the success of the song continues, as it lands atop Latin Rhythm Airplay and rises 6-5 on the Latin Rhythm Songs list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kapo-gangsta-ryan-castro-press-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Ryan Castro and Gangsta earn their first No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s overall Latin Airplay chart as \u201cLa Villa,\u201d with Kapo, jumps 2-1 on the chart dated April 11. Kapo adds his fourth champ. \u201c\u2018La Villa\u2019 was born from a real vibe, from a party with Kapo, all organic, nothing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1872741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1872741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1872741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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