Cazzu, Tainy, Jhayco, and Rauw Alejandro ‘Rosita’ Drama, Explained

This week, the reggaeton world has been captivated by an increasingly dramatic saga between some of the genre’s biggest musicians. Tainy, Jhayco, and Rauw Alejandro spurred controversy with their new joint effort “Rosita,” which references Argentinian singer Cazzu and her past relationship with Mexican musician Christian Nodal. It marked the first time that Jhayco and Tainy hopped on a song in years, but immediately upon its release last week, the musicians faced backlash for the cheap shot lyric. Since then, all of the Latin musicians involved have been weighing in and sharing words back and forth across social media platforms. It’s a lot to keep up with but here’s everything that has happened — and where it all started.

Feb. 20 – Tainy, Jhayco, and Rauw Alejandro Release “Rosita”

Tainy tapped Jhayco and Rauw Alejandro for a standard reggaeton track titled “Rosita.” Lyrically, the song is a lust-laden vignette of a woman who wears “pink panties” and is the narrator’s latest romantic conquest. But drama ensued over one line in particular. In the second verse, Jhayco raps, “Yo me dejo y me caso contigo a lo Christian Nodal,” which translates to “I leave and I get married, Christian Nodal style.” The lyric is a direct stab at Cazzu, who dated Nodal for two years from 2022 to 2024; the pair even had a child together in 2023. In 2024, the same day they announced they had split to the public, Nodal brought Mexican musician Ángela Aguilar onstage at his concert where they performed their collaboration “Dime Como Quieres” and finished it off with a kiss and a declaration from Aguilar: “Eres mi novio!” (“You’re my boyfriend!”). Nodal and Aguilar announced they were dating just a month after Nodal and Cazzu had broken up, leading to speculations of infidelity, and later got married. If you need a refresher, there’s a timeline for that too here.

Feb. 22 – Cazzu Seems to Respond with Cryptic X Post

A few days after the release of “Rosita,” Cazzu made a cryptic post on X, which seemed to address the song’s diss. “The art we make is our stance toward life. You already know mine,” she wrote in Spanish. The post came after stans online were criticizing the track’s lyrics.

Feb. 22 – Rauw Alejandro Defends His “Art”

Hours after Cazzu made her veiled response to “Rosita,” Alejandro took to X to write his own post, vaguely addressing the song’s drama. “For a long time now, we’ve been living in an era where controversy and gossip make far more noise than art and effort. Even so, what is truly authentic and genuine always finds its way and ultimately transcends over time,” he said.

Feb. 22 – Jhayco Doubles Down on His Lyric

Jhayco reposted Alejandro’s post just a few hours later — and then doubled down on the lyric by writing it an X post, along with a blue heart emoji. In the song, Jhayco is the one who delivers the controversial line but “Rosita” includes songwriting credits from Jhayco, Tainy, Rauw Alejandro, Jhayco, Tainy’s brother Michael Masis, and Tainy collaborator Abner Cordero. Initially, fans saw Bad Bunny listed as a songwriter (he still is on Genius lyrics), but his name has since been removed from Spotify credits. Ultimately, Jhayco admitted that he was the one who wrote the specific line about Nodal.

Feb. 24 – Cazzu Pens a Bold Substack Post

Amidst the buzz online about “Rosita,” Cazzu published a lengthy, bold Substack post about the drama and how it revealed male camaraderie. “I think about beef and diss tracks. People taking the time to produce, pay, ‘write’ bars or verses to turn them into diss tracks, the same thing these two did before deciding to return to the peneamor that binds them,” she wrote in a post titled “Tiradera,” which translates to “throw away.” Cazzu ended her note by calling out “the real problem is called Chronicle of an Abandonment. And no, it’s not me who’s been abandoned,” referring to her daughter with Nodal, Inti. Cazzu and Nodal have been wrapped up in a public, contentious custody battle over their child.

Feb. 24 – Christian Nodal Defends Alejandro and Jhayco

The same day Cazzu published her Substack essay, Nodal broke his silence. Using his Instagram broadcast channel, the Mexican musician played down the lyric that references him. “All this drama over a lyric that simply says someone falls in love and gets married fast… It doesn’t take much to understand the reference is to myself — and I’d even say it’s slightly tongue-in-cheek, poking at my reputation for being a hopeless romantic,” he wrote, adding, “It’s not an attack.” Nodal’s lengthy message included specific references to he and Cazzu’s relationship, without directly mentioning her, and also referred to the pair’s custody battle over Inti. “What the hell does my daughter have to do with making a point about musical genre?” he wrote.

Feb. 25 – Rauw Responds to Cazzu’s Substack

The next day, Alejandro posted a numbered response to Cazzu’s essay meant to clarify his role on the track. “I have never spoken ill of Cazzu. I consider her a friend,” he began. Alejandro made sure to point out that he didn’t write the bar and “didn’t interpret it as disrespectful to anyone” when he heard it. The Puerto Rican singer dismissed the “noise” surrounding the track and attempted to paint a unifying image of the whole ordeal. “Here there’s no fighting, no bad vibes. There’s music, there’s work, and there’s unity,” he wrote.

Feb. 25 – Jhayco Follows Alejandro’s Lead

Once again, Jhayco followed suit with a lengthy post directly addressing the drama, and attempting to leave it behind him. In it, he admitted to writing the bar. “At no point was there, nor was there ever, any intention to belittle or make anyone feel targeted because of a past personal situation,” he wrote, adding, “I deeply regret that such a historic and heartfelt collaboration is being tarnished by those who always try to portray it as a war of words between men and women, which simply doesn’t exist.” Jhayco wrote off the drama and controversy and wished Cazzu “success and congratulations” for her upcoming professional projects. “Here there is no resentment there is love for everyone,” he wrote.