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. 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. Calderón graduated High School in Miami at which time Calderón was inspired by California gangsta rap troupe N.W.A., an inspiration which led to Calderón decision to become a rapper.
Moving back to Puerto Rico, Calderón also found a new appreciation for Jamaican dancehall performers and the newly emerging Reggaeton movement. 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.
His first record, El Abayarde, released in 2002 and broke sales records in the then-underground Reggaeton genre, selling a remarkable 50,000 on the first day of its release, thus making Calderón into an overnight Latin superstar. Soon after, Calderón made history when he became the first rap artist to perform at the traditional National Day of Salsa celebration. In August 2003, Calderón headlined at New York’s Madison Square Garden prompting The New York Times to herald 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.”
By late 2004, Calderón was playing to sold-out crowds and acquiring a large number of non-Spanish-speaking fans in the audience, proving his appeal to be universal. As a result, Calderón has worked on collaborations and remixes with artists such as Fat Joe, Usher, 50 Cent, Cypress Hill, and Wyclef Jean, among many others. Calderón soon became the first Spanish-language artist to be featured on New York’s Power-105 as he began to garner 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. Calderón's music combines urban Hip Hop roughness with the poetic Caribbean rhythms transmitted by the early sounds of Salsa music, as he tells his stories through the poetry of both the spoken word and the always universal musical note.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT TEGO IN FAST & FURIOUS JUNE 12, 2009!
Tego "Pegaito a la Pared" puede ser un tremendo exito si la mega y la otras estaciones se ponen la pila. Tu sabe que todos los Dominicanos de NY siempre te han apollado. Estoy seguro que en RD tambien hace falta y te esperan. 1
tego que dios te bendiga boricua sige para adelante paratras ni a cojer inpurso se fue hector lavo pero esta tego me encanta tu musica o yo si te ohy cantando salsa en la reunion de la fania allstar en NY, madison well tego keep it real like always mad love from cayey,pr y nj i love the way you reprisent the isla cAnO
WEEEPPPAAA! SALUDOS DESDE ATL, HOTLANTA GA. COMO TU TA PAI? ESPERO QUE TODO TRANQUILO. 2005 EN ATL PEACH. WHEN U COMING BACK TO THE "A". DESEO LO MEJOR PANA. SIGUE PA' LANTE CON LO TUYO! MUCHO ACHE, SALUD Y SUERTE. ONE!
- è uscito infamili , nuovo demo , del quale puoi sentire 3 brani direttamente sullo space www.myspace.com/bazzo , se ti va passa ad ascoltare e commenta. il demo è in vendita a 3€ o a 5€ con la spedizione
per info www.myspace.com/bazzo
- ERRORI KRONICI & VISIONE OPPOSTA presentano
EMERGENZA - il nuovo singolo estratto dal nuovo album in uscita ad inizio 2009
tego ke lo ke como estas te escribo para preguntarte ke cuendo vienes para republica dominicana ke te estoy esperando para ir a ver un concierto tuyo y ke me firmes un autografo ke vengas pronto y ke te valla bien muchos exito
aki te dejo este consejo leelo todo ok tkm" **Nadie sabe lo que tiene hasta que lo pierde. No dejes nunca al que te ama por aquel que te gusta, por que ese que te Gusta te dejará por quien ama! No sigas a un amor que te hizo sufrir que un Día se olvidó y lo peor es que fue de ti. No confíes en alguien que te dijo Te lo juro, que te lloró, y te reemplazó sin ningún dolor. Recuerda: "Quien Se va sin pensarlo, vuelve sin llamarlo" Esta noche, justo a la media noche Tu amor verdadero se va a dar cuenta que te AMA!! ...... Algo te va a pasar entre las 11:00 y 12:00 a.m. Mañana recibirán el shock + grande de sus vidas. Si rompen esta cadena, van a tener mala suerte en el amor los próximos años. Envía esto a 15 personas en 15 minutos. COPIA Y PEGA...espero q lo regreses LO REGRESES Y SUERTE
