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Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the Puerto Rican artist who by the 2020s had made the dembow pattern the default pulse of global pop. His lawyers filed the motion asking the court to reconsider its July 2026 ruling in the Steely & Clevie case, arguing the plaintiffs had assembled their claimed rhythm from elements spread across three separate records rather than any one of them.

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Rolling Stone, August 2026, on the reconsideration hearing; Courthouse News Service.
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Story · Well supportedWho owns the riddim?

A rhythm built in a Kingston studio in 1989 travelled to Panama, through New York, into San Juan, and became the pulse of the biggest Spanish-language pop music on earth. A Los Angeles court is now preparing to put the question of who owns it to a jury.

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