
Anuel AA (born Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago on November 26, 1992, in Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a pioneering Puerto Rican rapper and singer, often hailed as "The God of Latin Trap." Starting his music journey at just fourteen, Anuel AA quickly gained attention for his raw lyrical style and honest storytelling, reflecting his life experiences growing up in the streets.
Despite a 30-month prison sentence in 2016 for illegal firearm possession, Anuel recorded his debut album Real Hasta la Muerte while incarcerated, which catapulted him to stardom upon his release in 2018. Known for chart-topping hits like "China" and collaborations with stars such as Daddy Yankee, Karol G, and Shakira, Anuel AA continues to redefine Latin trap and reggaeton with his emotionally charged music and distinctive voice.
"Secreto" by Puerto Rican star Anuel AA and KAROL G is all about keeping an intense, addictive romance completely hidden from the public eye. On the surface, the two act like casual pals—"Ante el mundo somos amigos" ("In front of the world we are friends")—while slipping away behind closed doors because other people disapprove: "Y nadie juntos nos quiere ver / Pero nos vamos a esconder" ("And nobody wants to see us together / But we are going to hide"). They stay up hooking up until "las cuatro y pico" ("a bit past four o'clock") in the morning, making secret pacts with only God as their witness.
The lyrics are bold, playful, and packed with heavy Caribbean Spanish slang. Anuel drops lines like "Y de tu cuerpo soy un tecato" ("And for your body I'm a junkie"), using the Puerto Rican slang word tecato (an addict) to show how obsessed he is with her. Meanwhile, both singers trade lines declaring that celibacy without each other is totally impossible ("Imposible el celibato, sin ti me mato"). Even though they admit that "Los secretos siempre se saben / Baby, tarde o temprano" ("Secrets always come to light / Baby, sooner or later"), they relish the thrill of sneaking around regardless of the gossip.
Late-night calls hit different, especially when you're dialing someone who is already seeing someone else. Puerto Rican artist Anuel AA teams up with producer Haze for "Amanece" (which means until dawn or daybreak), and he does not hold back. Right from the jump, he admits his routine: "Siempre te llamo de madrugá'" ["I always call you in the early morning"]. He knows she has a boyfriend ("Yo sé que tú tienes un novio"), he openly admits he despises the guy ("Y tú sabes que yo lo odio"), and his solution is simple: stay tangled up together until the sun comes up. He begs her, "Quédate en lo que amanece" ["Stay while dawn breaks"], wanting to lose track of time ("nos olvidamo' de la hora") behind closed doors.
Anuel delivers his usual bold lines, calling her a "diabla" ["devil"] who manipulates him and a "bandolera" ["outlaw" or "gangster girl"]. He also throws in a cheeky pop-culture nod to a massive reggaeton hit with "como Becky G sin pijama" ["like Becky G with no pajamas"], referencing her famous track "Sin Pijama." It is blunt, messy, and heavy on desire. He tells her straight up to go confess to her partner: "dile que tú le mientes y que yo vivo en tu mente" ["tell him that you lie to him and that I live in your mind"]. No excuses, just late-night temptation in full swing.
Ever find yourself trapped in a loop with someone you know is bad news? That is the exact mess Puerto Rican star Anuel AA, Ozuna, and producer Tainy tackle in "Adicto". The central confession hits immediately in the chorus: "Bebé, yo soy adicto a tu piel / Siempre vuelvo a caer aunque quiera romper" ("Baby, I'm addicted to your skin / I always fall back in even though I want to break it off"). He calls her a habit that hurts him as much as it heals him ("Este vicio de ti que me hace mal y a veces me hace bien"). Guilt is eating him alive, too. He admits he even broke a promise to God to forget her ("Dios me va a castigar, le prometí te iba a olvidar"), but his willpower collapses the second she crosses his mind.
Beyond the confession, the lyrics offer great real-world Puerto Rican Spanish. When Anuel says "Yo estoy puesto pa' ti" ("I'm ready for you" / "I'm all in for you"), he uses everyday island slang for being completely committed to meeting up. There is zero hesitation when the late hours roll around. By 3:00 AM, he is begging her to answer her phone inside his sports car ("en la Lambo contéstale") if her mother calls, telling her to lie and claim they are just platonic friends sharing wine. He even notices high-end fashion details, shouting out her designer vestido Valentino (Valentino dress). It is obsessive, a little reckless, and completely caught up in the thrill of a toxic rebound.
The title is an old Spanish saying and Anuel turns it into a shrug. He announces "La de antes está mordida, tengo novia nueva" (my ex is bitter, I have a new girlfriend) and drops the proverb right behind it: "Donde hubo fuego, cenizas quedan" (where there was fire, ashes remain). He is telling the new girl the old one is finished and telling the old one she still has a spark, in the same breath. Nothing else on the track is that subtle.
The rest is a ledger. The Rolex on his wrist, the Bugatti with red leather seats, the private airport, the apartment looking out on the sea. Then the paperwork: "Estamos en guerra y la DEA me quiere dar con la RICO" (we are at war and the DEA wants to hit me with RICO). The one line that is neither a purchase nor a threat is about his table: "En mi mesa solo mis hermanos comerán" (only my brothers will eat at my table), "Los que estuvieron leales cuando me iba mal" (the ones who stayed loyal when things were going badly for me). Everything else he lists can be bought again.
"China" brings together Puerto Rican star Anuel AA with Karol G, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, and Ozuna for a massive reggaeton party that spins around one guilty confession: ignoring your partner's phone calls because the club is way too good. Right from the hook, Anuel admits, "Mi mujer me estaba llamando, pero yo no contesté" ("My woman was calling me, but I didn't answer"), getting completely lost in dancing ("perreando", the classic reggaeton party grind) with someone new. Instead of running home, the singers lean into the distraction, throwing out hilarious excuses like joking that the doctor must have been drunk on delivery day ("Para mí que el doctor estaba bebiendo el día que yo nací").
The track is packed with bold Puerto Rican street slang that gives it so much personality. When Anuel raps "Me creo bichote tirando los pesos" ("I think I'm a drug kingpin throwing money"), he uses bichote, a Puerto Rican term for a powerful street boss or big shot who flaunts cash. Later, the lyrics blame the drinks ("Un shot, dos shots, empezó el problema" - "One shot, two shots, the problem started") and warn against snitches using the local slang chotear ("Quien vaya a chotear, ya llegó a la querella" - "Whoever is going to snitch, the complaint has arrived"). Karol G flips the script on the guys by admitting her boyfriend expected her back before midnight ("mi novio me esperaba antes que fueran las doce"), but if she runs into him tomorrow, she will simply pretend she has never met him. It is chaotic, unapologetically messy club behavior wrapped in infectious dance rhythms.
"Ella Quiere Beber" is Anuel AA's take on a night out after a breakup. The woman in the song just had her boyfriend let her down, so she goes out to drink and dance to forget him.
Anuel notices her from across the room, and the song follows what happens when she stops holding back. It moves quickly from a party anthem about heartbreak into a much more explicit description of the two of them together, full of the direct, sensual language Anuel is known for.
The recurring "Real Hasta La Muerte" line isn't part of the story. It's Anuel's label tag, a phrase he drops into most of his songs as a stamp on the track.
This song is a total anthem for anyone who's been done wrong in a relationship and just wants to go out and have a good time. Anuel AA kicks it off by explaining the whole situation: a woman decides to be "mala y no quiere dueño" (bad and doesn't want an owner) because "un hombre la engañó en su vida" (a man cheated on her in her life). The old, "good" version of her is gone—"la buena es la difunta" (the good one is the deceased)—and now she's out to party and forget.
The chorus is super direct and tells you everything you need to know: "Ella quiere beber, ella quiere bailar / Su novio la dejó y lo quiere olvidar" (She wants to drink, she wants to dance / Her boyfriend left her and she wants to forget him). Anuel and the legendary Romeo Santos step in as the guys she meets on her night out. They describe her transformation from a quiet girl to pure "candela" (fire), ready to get revenge on her ex by having fun with someone new. It's all about her taking control after being hurt.
Anuel AA's "Mi Vieja" is a really personal and emotional song where he's talking directly to his late mother. He wishes he could have her back, especially to give her a hug he couldn't when he was in jail. He sings, "Quisiera tenerte de vuelta / Para abrazarte como no pude hacerlo cuando estaba en la celda" [I wish I had you back / To hug you like I couldn't when I was in the cell].
He feels a lot of regret and pain, acknowledging that his actions caused his mother a lot of suffering. He says, "Porque sé que yo fui parte de tu sufrimiento / Y no me dio tiempo pa' decir lo siento" [Because I know I was part of your suffering / And I didn't have time to say I'm sorry]. He thanks her for always being there for him, even when he was making bad choices, and how lost he feels without her now. It's a really raw look at grief and guilt, and a powerful tribute to his mom.
Anuel AA gets brutally honest in "1942," a song named after a famous tequila. He tells a woman he's with that he wants something real, not just a fan, saying, "Sé real, no seas una fan de mi mente" (Be real, don't be a fan of my mind). But his version of being real is pretty intense! He admits he's been with other women and that he's conflicted, with "un ángel con un diablito" (an angel and a little devil) on his shoulders. He believes his true self only comes out when he's drinking and high: "Cuando me arrebato y estoy bebiendo ese soy yo de verdad" (When I'm high and I'm drinking, that's the real me).
Throughout the song, he mixes arrogance with vulnerability. One minute he's bragging that her ex definitely knows who he is, and the next he's admitting he doesn't believe in love and feels like he's lost his mind. He's basically asking her to accept his chaotic, flawed self. The most important line might be "Ámame vivo, no me ames muerto" (Love me alive, don't love me dead). He wants to be loved for who he is right now, flaws and all, before it's too late. It's a messy, honest, and complicated look at love and fame from his perspective.
Anuel AA opens this track by sampling Flo Rida's "Low" before flipping straight into Spanish. Within seconds the hook lands: "Las más bonita' son putas" [the prettiest ones are h*es], and that line sets the tone for everything that follows: a song about waking up next to women whose names he never bothered to learn, repeating "No me sé el nombre de ninguna" [I don't know the name of any of them] like a badge rather than a confession.
The verses spend more time on what he owns than on who he's with: a Mike Amiri jacket, an Audemars Piguet watch, ZaZa perfume, Prada boots. Even the shoutouts to Peso Pluma's "Hollywood" and Maluma's "Cuatro Babys" read like a comparison he thinks he's winning. By the back half he's blunt about how little effort any of it takes him: "No me ensucio las manos, mis diablo' me enrolan los bate'" [I don't get my hands dirty, my devils roll my blunts] sums up the whole persona, everyone else does the work, he just shows up.
“Baby Demon” drops listeners into a steamy, after-midnight universe where passion, danger, and luxury collide. Anuel AA and YOVNGCHIMI paint themselves as outlaw lovers, sneaking away at 3 AM to meet “en el calor del infierno.” The lyrics swirl with vivid imagery: expensive designer fits, roaring Lamborghinis, AK-47 bravado, and a secret romance that’s all heat and zero emotional strings. By calling the woman his “baby demon,” Anuel positions their affair as thrillingly forbidden, almost supernatural, while nonstop pop-culture nods (Harley Quinn, Peter Parker, Deadpool) add a playful comic-book edge.
Beneath the bravado, the song is really about two people addicted to each other’s fire. They hide from prying eyes, refuse to mix feelings with their physical chemistry, and embrace a toxic yet irresistible bond. “Baby Demon” is equal parts street anthem and sensual confession—celebrating raw desire, flaunting wealth, and daring anyone to judge their devilish love.
"North Carolina" is Anuel AA and Eladio Carrión trading boasts over a hard reggaeton beat. Both rappers open on distrust and self-reliance ("I don't trust even my own shadow"), then pivot into flexing: fast cars, designer clothes, and a lifestyle built on staying a step ahead of anyone who doubts them.
The title nods to Michael Jordan's college years at North Carolina, one of several sports references (Kevin Garnett, LeBron and Pau Gasol, Roberto Clemente, Neymar) the two rappers use to compare their own dominance to legends of basketball, baseball and soccer.
Underneath the bravado sits real paranoia: lines about police stopping a car full of drugs, an old cemetery, and enemies always watching. It's a song about celebrating success while never fully letting your guard down.
Razones is a fiery break-up anthem where Anuel AA and Ozuna trade raw confessions about a relationship that has hit its expiration date. From the very first line—“Ya no me miras igual” (“You don’t look at me the same”)—they paint a picture of disillusionment: the woman they once knew has changed, the effort to fix things is gone, and the only thing left is a list of reasons to walk away. With blunt honesty, Anuel vents about feeling used, erasing his ex from social media, and choosing “la paz mental” over toxic drama, while Ozuna chimes in to underscore that love should never be on someone else’s terms. The catchy chorus keeps circling back to the key idea: if there’s no genuine attempt to repair the love, there are no good reasons to stay.
Beneath the reggaetón beat, the song delivers a universal lesson in self-respect. Rather than drown in anger or blame, the narrators reclaim control—lighting a blunt to clear the mind, deleting old photos, and vowing never to repeat the same “odisea.” It’s a bold celebration of moving on, reminding listeners that sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is cut ties, protect your sanity, and leave the past “pa’l cielo con Kobe y Gigi” if that’s what it takes. In just over four minutes, Razones turns heartbreak into empowerment, all while keeping heads nodding to that unmistakable Puerto Rican vibe.
Shampoo De Coco is a steamy Latin-trap anthem where Anuel AA paints a vivid picture of an unforgettable night with a self-assured, irresistible woman. The title coconut shampoo is the scent that lingers in his memory, symbolizing how every small detail of her sticks with him. Over booming bass and catchy ad-libs, Anuel boasts about luxury yachts, Rosé, tequila shots, designer heels and late-night escapades, all while praising her confidence and sculpted beauty. The lyrics jump between playful flirtation and raw desire, capturing the rush of passion that blurs the line between romance and lust.
Beyond the explicit imagery, the song highlights two big themes: exclusivity and loyalty. Anuel repeatedly reminds listeners that his muse “doesn’t talk to just any guy,” reinforcing her high standards and his own “Real hasta la muerte” code of authenticity and protectiveness. The result is a track that mixes sensuality, status and street credibility, encapsulating Puerto Rican urbano culture in a glossy, provocative package.
Anuel AA, with Zion and Randy, brings us "Malo" (Bad), a reggaeton track that's all about intense, no-holds-barred passion. From the jump, Anuel sets the tone, telling his lover, "Mami, más de dos razones yo no necesito / Si te veo, el panty te quito" (Mommy, I don't need more than two reasons / If I see you, I'll take off your panties). It's clear this song is about a wild, uninhibited connection.
The core of the song revolves around the idea that while others might see him as "el malo" (the bad guy), his lover is drawn to that very darkness. He sings, "Dicen que soy el malo pero yo / Soy el que sacude to' tu cuerpo / Tu diablo, tu calor" (They say I'm the bad guy but I'm / The one who shakes your whole body / Your devil, your heat). She's into the "bandolero" (outlaw) type, someone who gives it to her "con maldad / Que te dé sin perdón" (with malice / Who gives it to you without mercy). The lyrics are super explicit, talking about rough sex and a powerful, almost addictive, physical connection. He even says, "Le hago daño y vuelve / Es que yo soy su droga" (I hurt her and she comes back / It's because I'm her drug), really highlighting that intense, almost dangerous pull between them. It's a raw and unapologetic look at a relationship fueled by desire and a bit of rebellion.
Bugatti roars through the speakers as Anuel AA celebrates a woman who is as rare and high-performance as the hyper-car in the title. She is exclusiva, rolling with her own elite crew and refusing to let anyone claim her—ese Bugatti no tiene dueño. Every engine rev and gear shift is a metaphor for her confidence, her curves, and the adrenaline rush she inspires. Anuel compares himself to superstar athletes and movie street-racers, but even he admits that driving this “machine” is a privilege few can handle.
Beneath the flexing and automotive wordplay, the song is really about unattainable luxury and fearless independence. The woman shines like rose-gold, lives rent-free in everyone’s mind, and never slows down for critics. Anuel admires her from the driver’s seat, mixing desire, bravado, and playful humor into a turbo-charged tribute that makes listeners feel the heat of the engine and the thrill of the ride.
Anuel AA's "Dictadura" is all about a secret, passionate affair. Our guy is the other man, and he knows he's the one who truly satisfies her, even though she's with someone else. He's confident, maybe even a little arrogant, about his role in her life.
He sings about their intense physical connection, like when he says, "Yo siempre te muerdo del cuello al ombligo" [I always bite you from your neck to your belly button]. He knows her current partner isn't cutting it, telling her, "Porque ese cabrón no dura" [Because that bastard doesn't last]. Anuel sees her relationship as a "dictadura" [dictatorship], implying her boyfriend controls her, but with him, she finds freedom and pleasure. He even makes a funny comparison, saying, "Tú no ere' Venezuela y él no e' Maduro" [You're not Venezuela and he's not Maduro], referring to the Venezuelan president. He's basically saying, "Why are you with him when you could be with me?" It's a bold, no-holds-barred look at a forbidden romance where Anuel believes he's the only one who can truly make her happy.
Anuel AA, with Chris Jedi, brings us "Los De Siempre" [The Usual Suspects], a track all about loyalty and staying true to your roots. It's a blunt message to anyone who wasn't there during the tough times, asking, "Si no lloraste conmigo cuando me caí, no pretenda' reírte conmigo ahora que subí" [If you didn't cry with me when I fell, don't pretend to laugh with me now that I'm up].
He's basically saying, "We don't want new faces here; the usual suspects are here." It's all about his crew, the ones who are making money with him and who would genuinely mourn if he were gone. He even jokes about how he's so focused on his crew and success that he barely notices his enemies, or even remembers the names of the women he's with! It's a fun, defiant anthem for anyone who's ever felt like they had to prove themselves and wants to celebrate their ride-or-die friends.
Headshot catapults listeners into the high stakes world of Puerto Rican street life, where Anuel AA and Almighty flaunt an unbreakable, fearless persona over a dark, cinematic beat. From the opening motto Real hasta la muerte ('Real until death') they sketch a battlefield filled with AK-47s, customized Glocks, armored cars, and whispered threats. The violence is offset by wild celebrations of survival – stacks of cash, luxury brands, champagne showers, and women likened to pop icons such as Ariana Grande. The repeated cry of headshot is both a literal warning to rivals and a metaphor for taking decisive shots at anything standing in their way.
Beneath the bravado lies a complicated mix of gratitude to God for life, fierce loyalty to their crew, and the adrenaline rush of living on the edge. For English learners, the track offers a vivid tour of street slang, weapon jargon, brand-name flexing, and pop-culture shout-outs, all wrapped in the uncompromising confidence that defines the rawest side of Latin trap.