NORIEL - MÚSICA NUEVA, CONTROVERSIA DE CAZZU Y SU GUERRA CON ANKHAL

·1 hr 12 min·6 clips

Chente Ydrach starts by telling Noriel the studio smells like weed and asks if he smokes.

1. Chente Ydrach hosts an approximately 71-minute interview with reggaeton artist Noriel (legal name Noel Santos Román) covering industry controversies, personal ethics, and early-career memories. 2. Noriel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist who emerged in the mid-2010s; he is a second-degree cousin of reggaeton pioneer Baby Rasta and grew up in the same neighborhood. 3. The episode's central controversy is Jacob and Raúl's song 'Rosita' featuring a bar by Jacob referencing Christian Nodal leaving Cazzu while she was pregnant, which sparked debate across the reggaeton community. 4. Noriel's legal name is Noel Santos Román; the stage name 'Noriel' was self-applied before he had a son because he had always intended to give the name to his child. 5. Noriel says he has never been a regular cannabis smoker; two puffs make him sleepy, so he limits himself to hookah and whiskey, preferring Scotch or tequila. 6. He reveals he sleeps from approximately 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. and finds daytime traffic and activity depressing, preferring to begin his day at 3 p.m. with a gym session. 7. Noriel explains he spent eight months without electricity after Hurricane María in September 2017 in Puerto Rico, during which he bought four generators that each broke down every two months. 8. In Dubai for work, Noriel says public displays of affection are illegal and carries a custodial risk, but that the city is the most permissive of the UAE emirates in practice; he did not observe anyone smoking cannabis publicly. 9. Noriel's feud with rapper Ankhal began when Ankhal claimed Noriel's announced album 'Trash Island' copied his unreleased 'Trash Pirata' concept; Noriel says he had no knowledge of Ankhal's project. 10. In his diss track responding to Ankhal, who has a disability, Noriel opened by explicitly stating he has a code and does not mock the disabled or the innocent, and says he did not reference Ankhal's condition anywhere in the track. 11. On the Jacob-Cazzu-Nodal controversy, Noriel states Cazzu is 'like a sister' to him and he would never have released a bar referencing her situation — then adds that 'the same situation happened to me personally,' without elaborating. 12. Noriel contrasts the Rosita bar controversy with Maluma's 2016 'Cuatro Baby' backlash: 'Cuatro Baby' was a broad societal debate about misogyny in reggaeton; 'Rosita' is one friend using another friend's private pain as lyrical material. 13. Reggaeton's swap system — where two artists exchange one collaboration appearance each, directed to their respective platforms — is described as typically informal and verbal, with no written contracts, making enforcement difficult. 14. Luar publicly called out seven artists for failing to fulfill their swap obligations; Noriel endorses the callout and says if he made his own list it would include approximately half the artists who emerged after 2016. 15. Producer Jeremías describes attending Noriel's Tras Capo album concert at the Mets Pavilion in Guaynabo around 2016, where Bad Bunny appeared wearing colorful clothes to near-universal dismissal from the crowd. 16. Noriel confirms early Bad Bunny audience reactions were universally skeptical because his colorful aesthetic clashed completely with the street-oriented visual identity of the entire genre at the time. 17. Noriel owns a Porsche 911 Turbo (yellow) and a Porsche Taycan; he describes Porsche as his favorite automotive brand and says he rented a Lamborghini only during a Dubai work trip. 18. The interview is conversational and unscripted, with frequent profanity, digressions into hookah technique, padel tennis, and zodiac readings; the tone is casual throughout. 19. Listeners interested in Latin trap and reggaeton industry dynamics, artist feuds, and candid celebrity conversation in Spanish will engage most with this episode. 20. Listeners seeking music criticism, news, or English-language content will find little of interest here.

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