Tego Calderón

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Tego Calderón (2007)

Tego Calderón , actually Tegui Calderón Rosario (born February 1, 1972 in Santurce , Puerto Rico ) is an actor and popular musician of the genres Reggaetón , Hurban ( Hispanic Urban ) and Salsa . Although Tego Calderon is partly involved in reggaetón productions, he sees himself as a rapper and representative of Latin Hip Hop . Tego Calderón is also known by its nickname El Abayarde .

Life

He grew up in Carolina (Puerto Rico) and Florida .

In 2002 his first album "El abayarde" was released, which was mainly produced by the Dominican reggaeton duo Luny Tunes and made him a star in all of Latin America .

Since then he has also been heard frequently as a guest musician and in remixes ( e.g. Yeah by Usher , Oye mi canto by NORE & Nina Sky , Envidia v on Aventura , Mundian to bach ke (Furia de mentira) by Panjabi MC , Latin thugs (Llegaron los meromeros) with Cypress Hill , Lean back by Fat Joe , together with Don Omar in the reggaeton remix of We fly high by Jim Jones or I wanna fuck you by Akon and Snoop Dogg ).

The actual reggaetón artist Tego Calderón also undertakes musical excursions into other genres more frequently. Already on his first album El Abayarde a salsa track could be heard (Planté bandera) . Other salsa tracks followed later (for example Che che colé with Víctor Manuelle , Llora, llora and Llámame with Óscar d'León or Quítate tú pa 'ponerme yo with Eddie Dee , Julio Voltio , Ivy Queen and Zion y Lennox ), a blues (Mardi gras) and a Jamaican -style reggae song ( Chillin ' with Don Omar ), which show the stylistic versatility of Tego Calderón.

Tego Calderón was featured on famous compilations, for example on "DJ Nelson presenta Luny Tunes y Noriega: Más flow" (2003), which was awarded two Latin Billboard Awards in 2004 (more information in the article: Luny Tunes), or on 12 Discípulos by Eddie Dee .

In addition, his song "Mil Cosas" is featured on the Playstation game NBA Live 2006. The remix of his song Guasa Guasa (feat. Julio Voltio) was also used in the film Crank.

"Tego Calderón" made his debut as an actor in 2007 in "Deadly Currency - Settling at the End" and in the parts Fast & Furious - New Model. Originalteile "(2009) and" Fast & Furious Five "(2011), as well as a short appearance in" Fast & Furious 8 ".

Discography

  • 2002: El Abayarde
  • 2004: El Enemy De Los Guasibiri
  • 2006: The Underdog / El Subestimado
  • 2007: El Abayarde contra-ataca
  • 2015: El que sabe sabe

Guest musicians on the following albums:

  • 2003: DJ Nelson presenta Luny Tunes y Noriega: Más Flow > Song: Métele sazón
  • 2004: Luny Tunes : La Trayectoría > Songs: Al Natural u. Báilalo como tú quieras
  • 2004: Eddie Dee : 12 Discípulos > Songs: Punto y aparte u. Quítate tú pa 'ponerme yo
  • 2004: Cypress Hill : Till Death Do Us Part > Song: Latin Thugs
  • 2005: Yaga y Mackie : La Moda > Song: Fuego
  • 2005: Don Omar : Los Bandoleros > Song: Bandoleros (duet with Don Omar)
  • 2006: Luny Tunes y Baby Ranks: Más Flow 2 > Song: Mírame (with Deevani and Daddy Yankee )
  • 2006: Julio Voltio : Voltio > Song: Julito Maraña (duet with Julio Voltio)

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Tego Calderon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tego Calderón in the IMDb , accessed April 8, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Calderón, Tego
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calderón Rosario, Tegui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican rapper
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Santurce (Puerto Rico) , Puerto Rico