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. His name is a reference to a 1990 episode of ''

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Early life and career

Rafael Castillo, Jr. was born in New York and moved to

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, at the age of eight. He is the son of a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. In 2004, he collaborated with reggaeton artist

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(real name: Austin Santos) to form the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto; the group debuted with the single "Ven Pégate", which was featured on Naldo's mixtape ''Sangre Nueva'' in 2005. He along with

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signed to

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's label Baby Records, and have appeared on numerous reggaeton albums including the compilation '' Mas Flow: Los Benjamins''. In 2006, De La Ghetto began his solo career and appeared the next year on two hit singles, the remix of "Siente el Boom" by

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and a collaboration with Randy, "Sensación del Bloque" which has been viewed on

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'' Masacre Musical'' was released in 2008. ''Masacre Musical'' peaked at #46 on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the U.S.; its single "Tu Te Imaginas" single from his album Masacre Musical peaked at #33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart. De La Ghetto is one of the first artist to bring ''

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, leading the way for many of today's biggest artist. His 2018 album '' Mi Movimiento'' was nominated in 2019 for a Latin Grammy Award for "Best Urban Music Album", and the track "Caliente" was also nominated for a

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for "Best Urban song".

Discography

Albums

* 2008: '' Masacre Musical'' * 2013: '' Geezy Boyz: The Album'' * 2018: '' Mi Movimiento'' * 2020: Los Chulitos

Mixtapes

* ''

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'' (2007) * '' Masacre Musical Mixtape'' (2007) * '' Masacre Musical Presents: El Movimiento'' (2008) * '' Masacre Musical Presents: El Movimiento Vol. II'' (2010)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:De La Ghetto Living people American hip hop singers American people of Puerto Rican descent American singers of Dominican Republic descent Latin trap musicians Puerto Rican people of Dominican Republic descent Puerto Rican reggaeton musicians Urbano musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Warner Music Latina artists