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EL ABAYARDE CONTRA-ATACA - AVAILABLE NOW!!! |
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| Country: |  Puerto Rico |
| Last Login: | May 28, 2008 (100 days back) |
About Me |
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Tego Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1972. He grew up in Río Grande and Carolina, areas of Puerto Rico that maintain some of the strongest Afro-Caribbean influences on the island. Throughout his childhood Calderón was exposed by his parents to the groundbreaking music of salsa legend Ismael Rivera, as well as to Latin jazz. “I grew up and identified myself with Ismael Rivera’s distinctive style and soon I was old enough to understand what course I wanted to follow in music.” Determined to take his place in the music world, Tego explored a diversity of musical influences, transforming himself into an accomplished musician as well as vocalist. He attended the Escuela Libre de Música of Puerto Rico, where he concentrated on percussion studies, while also mastering composition and lyrics. In the late-1980’s, Tego moved to Miami, where he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School. It was there that Calderón began to soak up the influences of American hip-hop. Hearing the California gangsta rap troupe N.W.A. proved pivotal. “It really caught my attention, it was something that I related to, and I decided I wanted to be a rapper,” Calderón said. Moving back to Puerto Rico, Calderón also found a new appreciation for such Jamaican dancehall performers as Buju Banton, Super Cat, and Ninja Man. Around the same time, the Reggaeton movement began to become a force in Puerto Rico. Calderón began to forge his own multicultural rap style, earning a reputation as a street poet with a fresh musical approach. He credits fellow Puerto Rican hip-hop pioneer Vico C with inspiring him to rap in Spanish, instead of imitating the English catch phrases of African-American hip-hop. Establishing himself as a new voice of the streets, he made a series of appearances on best-selling Latin hip-hop compilations. A remix collection entitled “EL ENEMY DE LOS GUASÍBIRI,” released in 2004, consisted largely of tracks which had appeared on those early compilations. “EL ABAYARDE” released in 2002, broke sales records in the then-underground Reggaeton genre, selling a remarkable 50,000 on the first day of its release, and Calderón became an overnight Latin superstar. Just three months after making his solo debut, Calderón was greeted with a tumultuous response at a sold-out concert at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan. The following day, he made history when he became the first rap artist to perform at the traditional National Day of Salsa celebration. When Tego first headlined New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 2003, the New York Times heralded him as “the most forward-looking performer” of the artists on the bill, noting that “Mr. Calderón made the best case for Reggaeton as music with room to grow.” In October 2004, when he returned to the stage of the Garden as the star of the breakthrough “Megatón 2004” event, attendance had swelled from 12,000 to a sold-out 20,000, with a large number of non-Spanish-speaking fans in the audience. “The crowd erupted into a frenzy,” noted the Village Voice. “The fruit of Tego’s crossover appeal was palpable... They were bopping their heads and flailing their arms to the universal beat.” As Latin rappers have been embraced by the American hip-hop culture, Calderón has been featured on a variety of mix tapes and has been invited to add his trademark vocal style to collaborations and remixes by the likes of Fat Joe’s Terror Squad (the 1 smash, “Lean Back”), Usher, 50 Cent, Cypress Hill, and Wyclef Jean, among others. From his appearances at New York’s annual Puerto Rican Day parades in 2004 and 2005, to becoming the first Spanish-language artist to be featured on New York’s Power-105, Calderón has been breaking cultural barriers. In a cover story on Calderón and Reggaeton, the Village Voice noted that Tego “almost single-handedly...steered his country’s dominant youth culture out of the island and Latino neighborhoods, and into the American stream of pop consciousness.” Among Calderón’s achievements are Latin Grammy and Billboard Award nominations, a Source Award for “International Artist of the Year,” a Tu Música award, and nominations for La Gente and Lo Nuestro awards. Tego’s music is an experimental nexus of urban Hip Hop roughness with the poetic Caribbean rhythms transmitted by the early sounds of Salsa music. Not only is Tego, like many of his Salsa heroes, a formidable storyteller...he also incorporates the lyrical percussion and fine rhythmic lines that can be found in the works of Luis Pales Matos. Calderon’s is by far more than just another Reggaeton performer; he is a consummate street poet at the Vanguard of the Puerto Rican musical and artistic scene. While others break...Calderon’s music is the true essence of a real artist...He creates and repairs...not many current musicians can boast that. Artist Widget- Tego Calderon:Fan Widget- Tego Calderon: |
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Music:Member Since: 12/8/2005Band Website: tegocalderon.com Band Members: Get Tego's new album, EL ABAYARDE CONTRA-ATACA at your favorite store NOW! Pre-order Tego's FIRST album, EL ABAYARDE, at iTunes NOW! Also Available: THE UNDERDOG/EL SUBESTIMADO Influences: Get Tego's new album, EL ABAYARDE CONTRA-ATACA at your favorite store NOW! Sounds Like: Record Label: Warner Music Latina Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Latin / Reggaeton / Hip Hop) |
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Watch The ’Illegal Tender’ Trailer |
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| Check out the Trailer to 'Illegal Tender'
... Posted by Tego Calderon on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:37:00 PST |
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Tegos new album available for preorder TODAY! |
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Pre-Order Tego's New Album On iTunes!One year to the date of his last album, the unmistakable and genuine Tego Calderon returns with a new studio album titled EL ABAYARDE CONTRA-ATACA, available... Posted by Tego Calderon on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:32:00 PST |
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Tego Receives Grammy Nod |
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| Congratulations to Tego for picking up a nomination at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards!
BEST LATIN ROCK, ALTERNATIVE OR URBAN ALBUM -- "THE UNDERDOG/EL SUBESTIMADO" Posted by Tego Calderon on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:43:00 PST |
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Tego 'Chills' With Don Omar in Jamaica |
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| TEGO FILMS CHILLIN' VIDEO, HIS NEXT PROMOTIONAL SINGLE FEAT. DON OMAR Jamaica. October 20th, 2006 - Tego Caldern finished filming the video of his next promotional single, Chillin' which featured Don... Posted by Tego Calderon on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:20:00 PST |
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Meet Tego This Saturday |
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| Tego Calderon will be doing a meet & greet at the Cingular store this weekend in Kissimee, FL. Read below for all the details! Don't miss your chance to meet Tego!
WHAT: Tego Calderon Meet & G... Posted by Tego Calderon on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:53:00 PST |
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Tego at Philadelphia Puerto Rican Festival |
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| THE PHILADELPHIA PUERTO RICAN FESTIVAL HOSTS 44th ANNUAL REGIONAL PUERTO RICAN PARADE
On Sunday, September 24, starting at noon, the Philadelphia Puerto Rican Festival is proud to host the 44th &... Posted by Tego Calderon on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:55:00 PST |
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Tego Calder Hits Stores With Eagerly Awaited Jiggiri/Atlantic Debut |
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| Atlantic Records has announced the release this week of THE UNDERDOG/EL SUBESTIMADO, the eagerly anticipated Jiggiri/Atlantic debut from Latin rap superstar Tego Caldern. Caldern celebrated ... Posted by Tego Calderon on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:10:00 PST |
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Tego Instores Update and Album Out Tomorrow! |
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| Catch Tego at an instore signing near you! Check out the dates and venues below! Don't forget to pick-up his album THE UNDERDOG/ EL SUBESTIMADO in stores tomorrow, 8/29!
Puerto Rico - 8/28Midnigh... Posted by Tego Calderon on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:06:00 PST |
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Join Tego At The NFL Opening Kickoff! |
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| Our friends at 1iota.com are looking for diehard Tego Calderon fans to be a part of NFL Opening Kickoff 2006 presented by the NFLand NBC. Kickoff will be taped in Miami Beach, FL on September 7th, 200... Posted by Tego Calderon on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:35:00 PST |
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Tego Caldern's "Los Mat" Video Makes Worldwide Premiere on Univision.com |
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| Tego Caldern's video for the track "Los Mat" will make its worldwide premiere on Univision.com Thursday, August 24th at 11am. Produced by DJ Nesty & Naldo, "Los Mat" is the first single o... Posted by Tego Calderon on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:23:00 PST |
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