Playero 38

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{{Infobox album

| name = Playero 38

| type = Album

| artist = DJ Playero

| cover = playero38.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1994 (P.R.) {{Cite web|date=2021-02-03|title=¡Feliz cumpleaños al rey del reguetón! Daddy Yankee cumple 45 años|url=https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/feliz-cumpleanos-al-rey-del-regueton-daddy-yankee-cumple-44-anos|access-date=2021-04-03|website=RCN Radio|language=es}}

| recorded = July – August 1994

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| studio =

| genre = Reggaeton

| length = 60:05

| label = BM Records / Play Ground Records

| producer = DJ Playero & Nico Canada

| prev_title = Playero 37

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Playero 39: Respect

| next_year = 1995

}}

Playero 38 is DJ Playero's 2nd album, recorded sometime between July and August 1994.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-03|title=¡Feliz cumpleaños al rey del reguetón! Daddy Yankee cumple 45 años|url=https://www.rcnradio.com/entretenimiento/feliz-cumpleanos-al-rey-del-regueton-daddy-yankee-cumple-44-anos|access-date=2021-04-03|website=RCN Radio|language=es}} With the success of Playero 37: Underground, The Noise: Underground, The Noise Vol. 1 and The Noise Vol. 2 giving reggaeton great momentum, DJ Playero released Playero 38: Underground. It established the dembow as the official rhythm of reggaeton, while lifting the genre to mainstream status. However, as with Playero 37, many of the lyrics focus on promoting the use of marijuana, and this added to the negative perception the genre gained in its early stages. Consequently, the government of Puerto Rico confiscated thousands of reggaeton records, because of the lack of disclosure about their explicit content.

The album features many of the veterans from Playero 37, including Daddy Yankee, Blanco, Yaviah, OG Black, Master Joe, Frankie Boy, Maicol & Manuel, Ranking Stone, among others. It also introduces many future successful Reggaeton artists in Rey Pirin, Ruben Sam, Miguel Play, Kalil, Original Q, Grupo Nizze, Camalion and K.I.D.