Rvssian scores fifth Latin Airplay entry with Pongo, keeps climbing
Pongo pushed Rvssian to his fifth Latin Airplay entry and sixth on Latin Rhythm Airplay, with the track rising on both charts. The Jamaica producer keeps turning cross-genre links into radio wins.
Rvssian added another mark to his Latin-chart run as Pongo, the Rauw Alejandro and Wizkid collaboration, became his fifth entry on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart and his sixth on Latin Rhythm Airplay. The song did not just arrive, it moved, rising from No. 50 to No. 45 on Latin Airplay and from No. 12 to No. 10 on Latin Rhythm Airplay.
For reggae heads, the detail that matters is not just the count but the pattern. Tarik Johnston, the Jamaican producer behind Rvssian, has spent the past several years building a résumé that reaches well beyond dancehall’s usual lanes and into reggaeton, Latin trap and pop-facing crossover work without losing the Caribbean feel that defines his sound.
Billboard’s chart history shows that Pongo sits inside a sustained run, not a one-off detour. Rvssian had already landed with Nostálgico with Rauw Alejandro and Chris Brown, Ponle with J Balvin and Farruko, No Me Ame with Anuel AA and Juice WRLD, and Santa with Rauw Alejandro and Ayra Starr. Nostálgico peaked at No. 6 on Latin Rhythm Airplay, while Santa climbed to No. 10 on Latin Airplay and No. 6 on Latin Rhythm Airplay, proof that Rvssian has already placed records deep into the upper tier of Latin radio.
That consistency is what makes Pongo feel like the next step in a bigger crossover map. A release tied to the single said it was Rvssian’s first song with Wizkid, widening the reach again from Puerto Rico and Jamaica into Nigeria and the wider Afrobeats lane. The record’s reggaeton-and-Afrobeats blend is exactly the kind of format that can travel across scenes because it is built for radio in more than one market at once.
Rvssian has described that approach plainly before. Billboard quoted him in 2020 saying he likes to “bring artists together for the culture, no matter the genre.” That line has become the shorthand for his whole run: a Jamaican producer using collaboration as the engine, and turning that bridge-building into repeat chart action. Pongo keeps that streak moving, and it shows how far reggae-adjacent production can now push into Spanish-language hitmaking without sounding like it is leaving home.
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