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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Puerto Rico
- Active from
- 1972-02-01
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Tegui Calderón Rosario (born February 1, 1972 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a rapper. He is best known as Tego Calderon. He not only records hip hop music music but also mambo,salsa, and reggaeton. His album El Abayarde made him a major Latin star. His lyrics speak of the struggles of the Puerto Rican people, involve topics of racism, inequalities, and ghettos in Puerto Rico, and have strong nationalist undertones. In the summer of 2005, Calderón signed a deal between Atlantic Records and his own
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Key facts
- Born
- Tegui Calderón Rosario , ( 1972-02-01 ) February 1, 1972 (age 54) , Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Origin
- Río Grande, Puerto Rico
- Genres
- Latin hip hop reggaeton alternative reggaeton
- Occupations
- Rapper actor
- Instruments
- Vocals bongos timbales drums
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Labels
- White Lion BMG U.S. Latin Jiggiri Atlantic Warner Latina Siente Universal Latino Paz y Esperanza
- Website
- tegocalderon .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Tegui Calderón Rosario (born February 1, 1972) is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor. He began his musical career in 1996 (as Tego Tec) and was supported by the famous Puerto Rican rapper Eddie Dee, who invited him on his second studio album, El Terrorista de la Lírica, released in 2000. Calderón reached international success in 2003 with his first album, El Abayarde, which sold 300,000 copies worldwide and was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award. His importance in reggaeton music led him to participate in Eddie Dee's 12 Discípulos album in 2004. He released three more studio albums between 2006 and 2015, varying in styles, focusing more in hip hop and African music rather than reggaeton in The Underdog/El Subestimado (2006) and El Abayarde Contraataca (2007). His fourth studio album, El Que Sabe, Sabe, released in 2015, won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album.
Calderón's style is characterized by his social and political themes, with lyrics against corruption in the Puerto Rican government. His themes also include dancing, love, self-reflection and personal experiences.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tego Calderón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.