Puerto Rican rapper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tegui Carlos Calderón Rosario (Santurce, Puerto Rico, February 1, 1972), better known by his stage name Tego Calderón, is a rapper, singer and actor of reguetón and hip hop puerto rican He has received prizes for his work, included a Source Award of The Source Magazine by "International Artist of the Year". Also he has received nominations in several ceremonies, between them the Grammy Latin, Billboard Awards, Prizes The Ours and Prizes The People.
Tego Calderón | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Tegui Carlos Calderon Rosario |
Also known as |
|
Born | Santurce, Puerto Rico | January 1, 1972
Genres |
|
Occupation(s) |
|
Years active | 1996–present |
Labels |
|
Website | tegocalderon |
Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He moved to an early age of his native Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida, were assisted to Beach Senior High School. Here he was in contact with several different cultures and was a drummer in a band of rock. The band did versions of songs produced by artists like Ozzy Osbourne and Led Zeppelin. He has observed that his two parents were fans of Ismael Rivera and that his father also was interested in jazz. He was influenced by both genders and incorporated them into his music. Over time he developed a musical style that combines elements of the sauce, dancehall, and hip hop, centering in the appearances of the urban life in his letters.
Calderón did some apparitions in albums of other musicians of reggaeton, over time signed with the stamp White Lion. In 2002, he published his first album of study titled "El Abayarde" the reggaeton considered at this time a gender "underground", the album sold 50.000 copies in his launching, establishing a record of sales for an album of Latin music. Three months after publishing The Abayarde, Calderón organised his first concert, which took place in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and exhausted the place. The next day he turned into the first artist of reggaeton in making a performance in the annual meeting Puerto Rican "Dia Nacional de La Salsa".
In August of 2003, Calderón acted in Madison Square Garden in New York. His second apparition in the place was in October of 2004, where headed an event titled "Megatones de 2004". The concert was exhausted, with 20.000 assistants of a mixed public of Latins and American fans.
Calderón participated in the 2004 and 2005 editions of the Parade of New York, "Rican Day". During this period of time turned into the first Latin American artist in being included in the Power-105 of New York.
In the summer of 2005, Calderón signed an agreement between Atlantic Records and his own independent stamp, Jiggiri Records, turning into the first artist of reggaeton in having a deal with an important label.
Evolución musical
1989-2023
1989 (age 17)
1990 (age 18)
1991 (age 19)
1992 (age 20)
1993 (age 21)
1994 (age 22)
1995 (age 23)
1996-1999 (Break) (ages 24-27) 2000 (age 28)
2001 (age 29)
2002 (age 30)
2003 (age 31)
2004 (age 32)
2005 (age 33)
2006 (age 34)
2007 (age 35)
2008 (age 36)
2009 (age 37)
2010 (age 38)
2011 (age 39)
2012 (age 40)
2013 (age 41)
2014 (age 42)
2015 (age 43)
2016 (age 44)
2017 (age 45)
2018 (age 46)
2019 (age 47)
2020 (age 48)
2021 (age 49)
2022 (age 50)
2023
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.