Don Chezina
| Don Chezina | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ricardo Garcia Ortiz |
| Born |
1976 (age 38–39) Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Reggaeton |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Don Che Record's / Diririri Business |
| Website | http://www.donchezina.com/ |
Don Chezina (born Ricardo Garcia Ortiz in 1976) is a singer, producer, and talent scout of reggaeton music.[1] He is known for his high, nasal voice and fast rapping style (known as "Puerto Rico's Machine Gun Rapper"),[2] along with his most famous song "Tra Tra Tra", which in 1998 became one of the first reggaeton songs to become popular in the US.[3] Chezina was considered one of the biggest names in the early days of the reggaeton genre.[4]
Discography
- Bien Guillao de Gangster (1997)
- Mi Trayectoria (1998)
- Live From Miami (2003)
- Éxitos (2004)
- My Life (2007)
- Original Don (2010)
- Muchas ideas
References
- ↑ "POP AND JAZZ GUIDE". The New York Times. 2003-08-08. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Capobianco, Ken (2005) "Thy're the Pulse of Reggaeton", Boston Globe, September 23, 2005, p. D1
- ↑ "Genre of the YearL The Decades-in-the-Making Overnight Sensation Called Reggaeton", SPIN, January 2006, p. 83, retrieved 2010-09-22
- ↑ Walker, Klive (2006) Dubwise: Reasoning from the Reggae Underground, Insomniac Press, ISBN 978-1-894663-96-0, p. 256