José Manuel Figueroa

José Manuel Figueroa
Born José Manuel Figueroa González
May 15, 1975
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Singer/Composer, musician, actor
Years active 1995-present
Website
www.josemanuelfigueroa.com

José Manuel Figueroa Jr. (born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 15, 1975) is a popular Mexican singer, songwriter and actor.[1]

He is the son of the famous Mexican singer Joan Sebastian (whose real birth name is also José Manuel Figueroa[2]). His debut album was Expulsado del Paraiso released in 1995, which sold over 30 million copies. In 2013 he debuted as an actor in the Mexican telenovela Si Dices,Que Si produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre alongside Aracely Arambula..

Personal life

José Manuel Figueroa was born on May 15, 1975, son of Joan Sebastian and Teresa Figueroa González. In his first album was Expulsado del Paraiso and his Father Joan Sebastian, helped him produce the album. in 2006, his brother Trigo de Jesus, was shot in the back of the head after a concert of his father. Four years his other brother Juan Sebastián, was shot dead at a night club in Cuernavaca, Morelos allegedly after being refused entrance. José Manuel Figueroa dated Mexican actress and singer Ninel Conde and both played a duet on the song Callados.

Discography

Telenovelas

References

  1. ↑ Billboard - 11 Nov 1995 Vol. 107, No. 45 "Meanwhile, Jose Manuel Figueroa, son of famed troubadour Joan Sebastian, bows this week with "Expulsado Del Paraiso" (Fonovisa)."
  2. ↑ Edmundo Perez -Que me entierren con narcocorridos 2012 "... de Marco Enrique Yépez Uribe, el Jarocho o el Comandante Alex, principal testigo de la PGR, era un rancho situado en Juliantla, Guerrero, propiedad del cantante José Manuel Figueroa, conocido artísticamente como Joan Sebastian.