{"id":6971,"date":"2026-03-31T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/colombian-trap-star-kris-r-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:14:15","slug":"colombian-trap-star-kris-r-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/colombian-trap-star-kris-r-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Trap Star Kris R Inks Global Publishing Deal with Warner Chappell Music."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kr.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kr.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kr-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kr-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kr-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kr-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">U.S. Latin has signed a global publishing deal with Kris R, one of the most prominent voices behind the Latin Trap movement. His most recent album, EL TRAP DE KOLOMBIA, saw massive success upon release, debuting at No. 1 on Spotify Colombia Top Albums, No. 3 on the Global Top Albums, and No. 5 on the US Top Albums chart and amassing over 1.5 billion streams. Building on his breakthrough moment, Kris R has collaborated with top-tier artists, including Ryan Castro, Blessd, Myke Towers, Ovy On The Drums, WestCol, and Hades66, among many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With his new album, the Colombian American artist has positioned himself as a key force shaping the next chapter of Latin urban music. Most notably, the single \u201cEL TRAP DE KOLOMBIA\u201d was written during WCM\u2019s Fresco Sounds songwriting camp in February, alongside WCM\u2019s Bullnene and co-produced with Jorge Milliano and Bryan Yepes. The songwriting camp brought together WCM and Warner Music Latina artists and songwriters to collaborate to generate songs at scale and deepen collaboration between WMG label and publishing teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fv_ytplayer_e7052466731eff4157b28c5f53a3a75d\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"900\" height=\"435\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7mSMJsVtYCE?origin=https%3A%2F%2Frapindustry.com%2Fcolombian-trap-star-kris-r-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music%2F\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Laz Hernandez, SVP, A&#038;R, U.S. Latin &#038; Latin America, WCM: \u201cKris R has a real point of view, and you can hear it immediately in the music. It\u2019s authentic, it connects, and it sticks with you. We\u2019re proud to welcome him to Warner Chappell and excited about what we\u2019re going to build together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kris R shared: \u201cI\u2019ve always taken pride in writing from a real place, so this partnership with Warner Chappell means a lot to me. We\u2019re just getting started \u2013 there\u2019s a lot more story to tell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Born in New York City and raised in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, Kris R (Kristian Rangel Betancur) broke through with viral tracks including \u201cPolos Opuestos,\u201d \u201cLas Piponas,\u201d and \u201cElectrolibonbon.\u201d He has since earned multiple RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications while charting across Spotify, YouTube, and Billboard in more than 17 countries, ranking among the Top 10 most-streamed artists in Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After signing with Warner Music Latina in 2025, he released his debut EP, Una Valija En Sentimiento, in partnership with La K Company USA. The project amassed hundreds of millions of streams, debuted in the Top 10 of Spotify\u2019s Top Albums Global Debut chart and went Platinum in Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/colombian-trap-star-kris-r-signs-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music\/\">Colombian Trap Star Kris R Inks Global Publishing Deal with Warner Chappell Music.<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/\">Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, &#038; more.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Latin has signed a global publishing deal with Kris R, one of the most prominent voices behind the Latin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}