The вЂњCon CalmaвЂќ video shoot was subsequently conducted by director Marlon P on the fly in Toronto under a veil of total secrecy, which still amuses Snow. вЂњHe did the melody of вЂInformerвЂ™ and I did the вЂCome with a nice young ladyвЂ™ bit, but the verses he did were all his own and I just loved it. He did a good job, you know what I mean?вЂќ says Snow. вЂњThey mixed it, flew it back to me and I heard it and I got chills. ItвЂ™s just fun.вЂќД®ven when the prospect of Daddy Yankee doing this re-version of вЂњInformerвЂќ - produced by Dallas production duo Play-N-Skillz and co-written by A-list Latin-music mover-and-shaker Juan вЂњGaby MusicвЂќ Rivera - came his way, Snow says, he was dubious until Warner Music phoned him looking to talk about accessing the rights вЂњand then I knew it was legit.вЂќ He laid down the vocals at home, as heвЂ™s still limited in his ability to leave the country due to the conviction on an attempted-murder charge that landed him in prison in Ontario for eight months at exactly the moment when вЂњInformerвЂќ was cracking wide.

I like seeinвЂ™ the people dance to it and stuff, but I donвЂ™t know. вЂњI donвЂ™t have that big of an interest, no. But all the вЂfamenessвЂ™ stuff? It donвЂ™t matter to me вЂ¦ But now, I can see people lovinвЂ™ it and the kids and the mothers doinвЂ™ the dances and I love it. When I came out with вЂInformerвЂ™ we didnвЂ™t have no internet so I couldnвЂ™t see nobody dancing, I couldnвЂ™t see nobody singinвЂ™ along, I couldnвЂ™t see that little girl and her mother dancinвЂ™ together and all that kinda stuff. Snow, poses for a portrait at 4Soundmedia Recording Studio in Toronto on March 1, 2019. The Puerto Rican вЂњKing of ReggaetonвЂќ - who, lest we forget, had a hand in the international phenomenon that was Luis FonsiвЂ™s вЂњDespacitoвЂќ along with CanadaвЂ™s very own Justin Bieber two years ago - has been clear about the roots of вЂњCon Calma,вЂќ in any case. Given the continued, viral proliferation of online videos mimicking the dance routines in the original вЂњCon CalmaвЂќ clip Г la вЂњHotline BlingвЂќ or вЂњGangnam Style,вЂќ this thing looks poised to rise even higher in the public consciousness as an internet meme than it probably would have on the back of the damnably unrelenting catchiness Daddy Yankee pinched from Snow and вЂњInformerвЂќ in the first place. 59 on the all-important Hot 100 - not bad for a song mostly in Spanish - after punching in at No. 3 on the magazineвЂ™s Latin Songs chart and had lurched to No. 1 on BillboardвЂ™s Latin Digital Song Sales chart after dropping to No. At the moment of writing, вЂњCon CalmaвЂќ was closing in on 259 million YouTube views and had bounced back to No. 19 in June of 1993 on the heels of a seven-week reign by вЂњInformerвЂќ at the top of the chart earlier that year. вЂњI just woke up and came here and now it starts now and weвЂ™ll see what weвЂ™re gonna get into tonight.вЂќДЄs it turns out, the friendly, self-effacing Toronto sorta-rapper/sorta-singer born Darrin Kenneth OвЂ™Brien 49 years ago and responsible for the indelible 1992 sorta-reggae smash вЂњInformerвЂќ is as casual with his time as he has been with the pop career unexpectedly hatched by that same tune all those years ago - a pop career that has been abruptly re-hatched (again) in recent weeks by the explosive success of Daddy YankeeвЂ™s new single вЂњ Con Calma.вЂќДЄ reggaeton earworm built explicitly upon вЂњInformerвЂќ and featuring a guest verse by Snow himself, вЂњCon CalmaвЂќ has put the Canadian sorta-dancehall MC back on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since вЂњ Girl, IвЂ™ve Been HurtвЂќ reached No. I just woke up,вЂќ he laughs, once a couple of pals and the two-man video crew that was shooting the Star photographer shooting Snow when I turned up leave us alone in the control room and the apology is extended again. ItвЂ™s a bit more of a haul than expected, via transit and feet, to the studio on the neglected, lower-western industrial fringes of North York where Snow - yes, that Snow - is holed up on a recent Friday night, so this conscientious music writer feels apologies are in order for intruding at the end of what must have been a long and tiring day of recording.

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