How Emilio Estefan revolutionized Latin music

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Emilio Estefan revolutionized Latin music, fusing Cuban rhythms with pop and paving the way for artists like Shakira, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan to reach a global audience. As a producer and musician, he elevated the genre, bringing its stories and voices to the forefront across cultures.

Estefan used a conga drum to shape the vibrant, Cuban-inspired pop sound that propelled his band, the Miami Sound Machine, to international fame. That drum is currently on exhibition at the National Museum of American History.