Fulanito
Fulanito is an American group of Dominican origin. His music is a combination of typical merengue with rap, house and hip hop, with lyrics generally in Spanglish. It has sold nearly 2 million records worldwide. [Citation needed] The group has been screened in Ecuador, the United States, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, Japan, Vietnam, Kenya, Peru and Switzerland. [Citation needed] Some of its popular themes are El Brush (1997), Guallando ( 1997) and Pecho a Pechuga (2001). In 2000 they performed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, where they had great success and made the entire audience of Quinta Vergara dance.
Win "The Xientifico". The first wit of the group's founders, lead writers Rafael Vargas and Winston Rosa, El Acto is the first group known to combine "Perico Ripiao" - sounds based on the traditional merengue accordion from the hills of the Dominican Republic ( recorded by Arsenio De La Rosa) - with modern Hip-Hop and Rap.
While industry leaders initially questioned the commercial potential of such an unusual mix of sounds, El Acto proved them wrong, becoming a party favorite in the United States, the best-selling act in Colombia, and one of the biggest Latino acts. recognizable and adored from Chile to Switzerland to Japan. With his album "The Most Famous Man on Earth" in 1997, El Acto gained rapid international fame with the hits "Guallando" and "La Novela." The album sold 500,000 copies, even shocking Vargas, who says he expected it to sell no more than 10,000, and hoped it would simply "help us get gigs". The hit "La Novela" has a part of the song called "Penas" by the Ecuadorian artist Norberto Enrique Vargas Mármol, better known as Aladino, the magician of the jukebox.
With a very particular fusion of tropical and street rhythms, Fulanito continues to make people talk. Now after great successes such as El Padrino and Americanizao, the group returns to show us their new album entitled La Verdad, which contains 10 new songs created with the infallible technique of Fulanito and the sounds based on the traditional merengue accordion of the hills of La Dominican Republic. Fulanito appears with his energetic and fun style in the Latin neighborhoods of New York in 1997, after recording his debut The Most Famous Man on Earth, which brings with it the first hit, the catchy Guallando. Led by rapper Rafael Vargas and Winston Rosa, son of famous accordionist Arsenio De La Rosa, the group extends the boundaries of its style, initially combining Perico Ripiao and rap, becoming one of the best known interpreters of Merenhouse and one of the names commonly mentioned in the Latin Hip-Hop and Tropical Club / Dance scene.