Ala Jaza

Ala Jaza is the stage name of chart-topping and award-winning Dominican-born singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Enmanuel Jiménez. Credited with creating the 21st century style of urban merengue known as MamWali, which weds merengue and trap music, he is also an acclaimed mambo, bachata, and ballad singer. Though he began recording with 2010's beat-driven single "Vamo a Maja Cocao," the MamWali style (that draws on everything from trap and salsa to Syrian wedding music, mambo, merengue, and hip-hop, didn't completely reveal itself fully until 2017...