"La Negra Tiene Tumbao" (English: "The Black Woman's Got Style") is a song performed by Cuban recording artist Celia Cruz. It features rap vocals performed by Mikey Perfecto. The song was written by Sergio George and Fernando Osorio, produced by George and released as the lead single from Cruz's fifty-ninth studio album La Negra Tiene Tumbao (2001).

The song peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and number four on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart. It also managed to peak at number thirteen on the Tropical Digital Songs chart in 2015. It received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2002.

Producer Sergio George was hired to produce more traditional tracks for the album. However, George wanted to try something different. According to George, he played a demo version of "La Negra Tiene Tumbao" for Cruz, "not knowing how she would respond, and that was the song that she most reacted to". It was the last song completed for the album.

"La Negra Tiene Tumbao" combines elements of salsa music, reggae music and hip hop music. The song's title translates to "The Black Woman has Style" or "The Black Woman has Attitude". The song was composed in minor key and incorporates the use of vocal call and response.

In Allmusic's Sharon Witmer review of the parent album, the song was selected as at the "CD's biggest draw". According to Billboard magazine's Leila Cobo, the song, "with its mid-section rap became the blueprint—to this day—for a bust of recordings featuring much younger acts." The song has been considered one of Cruz's last hits before her death in July 2003.

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