Omar David Hernández Colón, known as Darkiel, is a Puerto Rican
reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.
It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop m ...
artist and actor,
born in
Lares
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Lares ...
. He is better known for his role in the
Netflix
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biographical series of
Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...
called ''
Nicky Jam: El Ganador''.
Career
Darkiel started his career at the age of nineteen with social media, doing freestyles on
Facebook
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page
Freestyle Mania Music
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Pusho first came to prominence online, posting songs through Freestyle Mania Music. In 2014, he signed with Casablanca Records and released his debut al ...
.
His inspirations are
Daddy Yankee
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and
Don Omar
William Omar Landrón Rivera (born February 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Don Omar, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. On September 1, 2017, he announced that he would retire after a ...
.
Darkiel has issued over two dozen video singles. They include "Ella Me Oculta," "Aqui Estas Tu" (and a remix), "Si Me Apagan el Sol", "Montate y Zumba", and a lyric video of the
J Alvarez
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remix of "De una Forma Diferente" that gained over 300,000 views within four days of posting it in August 2016. Darkiel's videos have amassed over 40 million views on
YouTube
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.
Darkiel acted in the biographical series ''Nicky Jam: El Ganador'', based on the story of American reggaeton artist
Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...
, as the younger self of the latter.
In 2019, Cárdenas Marketing Network, a company that has marketed other Puerto Rican musicians such as Bad Bunny and Marc Anthony, began work with Darkiel.
Lyrics
His lyrics talk about the ups and downs of romance
and Darkiel has said that he "doesn’t need to be explicit to be liked by youth".
He has been praised for releasing "clean
reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.
It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop m ...
".
At one time he stated he did not want to be part of the
Latin trap
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, saying in Spanish:
and
References
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1994 births
Living people
Puerto Rican reggaeton musicians
People from Lares, Puerto Rico