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Also known as Tainy Tunes, Marco Efraín Masís Fernández

Marco Efraín Masís Fernández (; born August 9, 1989), known professionally as Tainy, is a Puerto Rican record producer, songwriter and recording engineer. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2 by Luny Tunes. A repeated Grammy and BMI Award winner, Tainy has produced for artists including Wisin & Yandel, Janet Jackson, and Jennifer Lopez. His debut EP, Neon16 Tape: The Kids That Grew Up on Reggaeton (2020), consists of tracks with several other artists.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Puerto Rico
Active from
1989

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Marcos Efraín Masís Fernández (San Juan, August 9, 1989), known professionally as Tainy, is a Puerto Rican music producer, composer, and DJ. He rose to prominence in the genre, collaborating on the production of Mas Flow 2 at the age of fifteen, and later working with Luny Tunes on the album Mas Flow: Los Benjamins at the age of seventeen. In a 2021 Billboard list, he was included among the top ten producers of the 21st century. In an interview <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tainy">Read mo

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
Tainy
Musical artist.image
Tainy (cropped).jpg
Musical artist.caption
Tainy in 2020
Musical artist.alt
Puerto Rican producer Tainy posing for a photo, sporting a white jacket, a buttoned shirt, a Chanel necklace, and a Looney Tunes shirt.
Musical artist.birth_name
Marco Efraín Masís Fernández
Musical artist.alias
Tainy Tunes
Musical artist.birth_place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Musical artist.background
solo_artist
Musical artist.genre
Reggaeton
Musical artist.years_active
2003–present

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Life and career
  • Neon16
  • Discography
  • Studio albums
  • Compilation albums
  • Extended plays
  • Singles
  • Other charted songs
  • Production discography
  • Albums
  • Awards and nominations
  • Notes
  • References

Marco Efraín Masís Fernández (; born August 9, 1989), known professionally as Tainy, is a Puerto Rican record producer, songwriter and recording engineer. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2 by Luny Tunes. A repeated Grammy and BMI Award winner, Tainy has produced for artists including Wisin & Yandel, Janet Jackson, and Jennifer Lopez. His debut EP, Neon16 Tape: The Kids That Grew Up on Reggaeton (2020), consists of tracks with several other artists.

== Life and career == Marco Efraín Masís Fernández was born on August 9, 1989, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Costa Rican father and Dominican mother, María Fernández. He has a younger brother, Michael Bryan, who is also a record producer, who goes by the stage name "Mvsis". Masís affirmed in an interview that he used to hear Juan Luis Guerra in his childhood, and that over time he began taking interest in classic rock and rap, with additional inspiration from R&B artists and producers like Timbaland and the Neptunes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tainy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.