Overview of Puerto Rican Music and Culture: The music of Puerto Rico is the heart of its culture, and is a product of many diverse cultural backgrounds. The musical sources that influenced the music of Puerto Rico are European, Indigenous, and African influences. Puerto Rican music also has origins in the Caribbean. Today, Puerto Rican music culture is comprised of many different genres, such as bomba, danza, guaracha, reggaeton, plena, and more recently, latin trap. Early Puerto Rican Music Culture: Unfortunately, music culture in Puerto Rico was poorly documented in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. However, we do know that it included Spanish church music, military band music, and diverse genres of dance music from the jíbaros and enslaved Africans. These two groups of people never made up more than 11% of the population, but they did greatly contribute to Puerto Rico's musical culture. Soon, in the 19th century, more on Puerto Rican music emerged into history. One of ...