Freestylemusic,also called Latin freestyleor (initially) Latin hip hop, is a form of electronic dance musicthat emerged in the New York metropolitan areaand Philadelphia, primarily among Hispanic Americansand Italian Americansin the 1980s. It experienced its greatest popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s.

Chris Barbosa is accredited as the founder of Latin Freestyle, named as such because of the way it is produced and mixed. Latin Freestyle can be classed as a form of electronic dance music. Set apart by its heavy syncopated drum sound, it is the third-largest genre globally, and the importance of cultural heritage primarily drives its fans.