Resident

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René Pérez Joglar (2019)
René Pérez Joglar (2019)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Resident
  IT 42 04/09/2017 (1 week)
Singles
Bellacoso (with Bad Bunny )
  IT 61 08/04/2019 (5 weeks)
René
  IT 23 March 8th, 2020 (3 weeks)

René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in San Juan ), best known by his stage name Residente , is a Puerto Rican rapper and filmmaker. As a member of the rap dous Calle 13 , he made his breakthrough together with his stepbrother José Cabra Martínez . In 2017, Pérez Joglar started an equally successful solo career and is currently one of the most important and well-known Latin American artists. Pérez Joglar and his bandmate José Cabra Martínez are record winners of the Latin Grammys with 24 awards .

life and career

Early years

René Pérez Joglar was born in Hato Rey, a municipality in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan, as the son of a lawyer and the actress Flor Joglar de Gracia . He first grew up in Trujillo Alto, in the southeast of San Juan, with seven siblings in a lower middle class household. In his childhood he played drums, alto saxophone and guitar. He learned to make music largely autodidactically. His mother also influenced his musical enthusiasm. An attention deficit made it difficult for him to learn things in school, which is why his mother often sang to him what he had to learn. At times, his mother was married to Cabra Martínez father, through which the later rap duo met. Although their parents separated early on, the two stepbrothers maintained a close relationship and were in regular contact.

Pérez Joglar describes Puerto Rico as "a bit brutal" in his childhood , as around half of his friends at the time were murdered or were in prison.

During his time in high school , Pérez Joglar was a drummer in a school band and his youth were marked by great literary interest.

He studied at the School of Fine Arts (Escuela de Artes Plásticas) in Puerto Rico and later earned a master's degree in animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia . During his time in his master's degree, he began rapping and writing poetry, also to better deal with stress. After completing his master's degree, Pérez Joglar moved to Barcelona to study and make films before returning to Puerto Rico. For a while he made a living doing illustrations, but became increasingly bored. As reggaeton gained attention in Puerto Rico, it eventually found its way into the music business by editing and directing videos .

Calle 13

The rap duo started recording music in 2004. Pérez Joglar contributed the lyrics and the rap, his stepbrother Cabra Martínez the musical elements. At the end of 2005 the two released their first album, Calle 13 , with which they celebrated great success. The duo initially became successful with more sexual and scandalous music. Over time, however, the lyrics became more critical and they increasingly conveyed social and political messages through their music. The stepbrothers became one of the most popular and influential music groups on the Latin American music scene. They celebrated numerous successes in the following years and received a total of 22 Latin Grammy Awards. The duo's last album so far, MultiViral , was released in 2014. After the album's world tour, the duo interrupted their work together.

The band title and the respective artist names of Pérez Joglar and Cabra Martínez go back to their youth. When Pérez Joglar lived in a gated community on 13th Street (Spanish: Calle 13 ) in San Juan, Cabra Martínez introduced himself to the porter as a visitor (Spanish: visitante ) of a resident (Spanish: resident ).

Solo career

In 2017 Pérez Joglar released his first solo album Residente . Pérez Joglar read his DNA analyzed for the album with the aim of finding out more about his origins . He then traveled to all the countries to which he was genetically related and worked with local musicians. Pérez Joglar also made a documentary about his trip and had an interactive website created. He visited Russia , Georgia , China and Ghana , among others . In his music he processed historical events from the regions he visited.

His first solo album also turned out to be very successful. The album won a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Music and received three nominations at the 2018 Grammys .

For his previously unreleased second solo album, Pérez Joglar worked with scientists from Yale University and New York University. For this purpose, brain patterns of mice, worms and monkeys were analyzed.

Private life

From 2006 to 2009 Pérez Joglar was in a relationship with Denise Quiñones , a former Miss Universe .

In a private ceremony in El Yunque National Forest , Pérez Joglar married Argentine actress Soledad Fandiño in January 2013 . In August 2014, the couple's son Milo was born.

In February 2020 he published the song René in which he addressed formative experiences from his childhood and his own mental health. Accordingly, he has been struggling with depressive moments and sleep problems for ten years.

Musical style

Pérez Joglar's texts are sometimes described as vulgar, but also as remarkably intellectual, colorful and funny. The Panamanian salsa musician Rubén Blades had the greatest influence on his music . Other musical influences that should be emphasized are the rock composer Charly García and the folk singer Mercedes Sosa .

Discography

Albums with calle 13

  • 2005: Calle 13
  • 2007: Residente o Visitante
  • 2008: Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
  • 2010: Entren Los Que Quieran
  • 2014: MultiViral

Solo albums

  • 2017: Resident

Singles (with awards)

  • 2019: Bellacoso (MX:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 2020: René (MX:platinumplatinum)

Web links

Commons : Resident  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Resident in the Spanish charts
  2. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: MX
  3. ↑ a b Ariel Cipolla: The story behind Residente's depressing new song - LatinAmerican Post. March 4, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Virginia Gorlinski: Calle 13 | Members, Background, Music, & Facts. In: Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ a b Philip Merrill: Who Are The Top Latin GRAMMY Winners? September 26, 2017, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Residente - Edad, ciudad natal, biografía. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ a b c d Christina Cala: Residente Journeys Across The World - And Finds Himself Everywhere. March 23, 2017, accessed May 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c d e Thom Jurek: Residente | Biography & History. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ a b La conmovedora historia detrás de la última canción de Residente. February 28, 2020, accessed May 26, 2020 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ a b c Miguel Macias: Portrait Of: Residente. In: Latino USA. March 3, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
  11. ^ Mesfin Fekadu: Residente worked with scientists to create his new album. In: ABC News. August 28, 2019, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Mariela Rosario: Calle 13's René Pérez and Former Miss Universe Denise Quiñones Break Up. October 14, 2009, accessed May 26, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Carolina Moreno: Married! January 16, 2013, accessed May 26, 2020 .
  14. ↑ René Pérez, vocalista de Calle 13, ya tiene a su hijo Milo en brazos. August 11, 2014, accessed May 26, 2020 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Resident
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pérez Joglar, René (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican rapper and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan