Plan B (duo)
Plan B | |
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General information | |
origin | Puerto Rico |
Genre (s) | Reggaetón |
founding | 1999 |
Founding members | |
Orlando Javier Valle Vega (Chencho) | |
Edwin Vázquez Vega (Maldy) | |
Current occupation | |
Orlando Javier Valle Vega (Chencho) | |
Edwin Vázquez Vega (Maldy) |
Plan B (also El Dúo del Sex ) is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. It consists of the cousins Chencho (born February 19, 1979 in Bayamón , real life Orlando Javier Valle Vega ) and Maldy (born July 29, 1982 in Guayama , real life Edwin Vázquez Vega ).
Career
The two released their first song "Voy Subiendo" in 1999 in collaboration with DJ Blass . At that time the two still called themselves "The Panic" before they renamed themselves after their song "Plan B" . They continued to cooperate with DJ Blass and could be heard on his albums “Triple Sexxx” (2001), “Reggaeton Sex Live” (2001), “Sandunguero Vol. 1” (2001) and “Reggaeton Sex Crew” (2002).
In 2002 they finally became known to a wide audience and released their first studio album, "El Mundo del Plan B: Los Que la Montan" , which included collaborations with Daddy Yankee and Speedy , among others . Both Chencho and Maldy are also active as producers and have their own label with "Chencho Records" and "Maldy Records", respectively . Her second studio album was completed in 2005 and is entitled "Los Nenes Del Blin Blin" . With “House of Pleasure” the third studio album was finally released in 2010. Her fourth album called "Love and Sex" was released in 2014 and contains collaborations with Alexis y Fido , J Alvarez , Tego Calderón and Zion y Lennox .
Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
- 2016: Best Urban Song for “A Donde Voy” ( Cosculluela feat. Daddy Yankee , written by Chencho): nominated
Billboard Latin Music Awards
- 2016: Latin Rhythm Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: nominated
- 2016: Latin Rhythm Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group: won