Magic Juan (born July 27, 1971) is an American merengue hip hop artist.

Early life and education

Magic Juan was born in

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and raised in

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. He is of Dominican descent. He joined the school choir at the age of ten and took piano, guitar, and drum lessons. After high school he played with the idea of studying marketing, but an offer to join

Proyecto Uno Proyecto Uno (in English: Project One) is a Dominican-American hip hop/Merengue house group which helped popularize a style of music which blends Merengue music, merengue with techno, dancehall, reggae and hip-hop/rap music. The band was founde ...

, a merengue band with heavy urban and hip-hop influences, he decided to drop out of

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in order to pursue his interest in music.

Career

Juan's bilingual rapping was featured on the cut "Brinca," a single that went to number one in over eight countries in Latin America. Proyecto Uno went on to sell over three million albums worldwide. Juan soon desired to record his own solo material. In 2003, he released his solo debut, ''La Prueba'', and became the New York correspondent for

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's Latin hip-hop show, ''The Roof''. In 2004, he released ''Libertad: The Magic Juan Mix'' and the double CD, ''Inevitable''. On June 9, 2009, Magic released his third studio album as a solo artist, ''The Sure Bet'', containing a wide variety of musical influences including hip hop, reggae, bachata, salsa, and merengue. The album's first single was "Baby Come Back".

Solo albums

*''Hokus Pokus : Give Me The World'' (1991) *''Flia: The Album'' (2000) *''La Prueba'' (2003) *''El Duro'' (2004) *''Libertad: The Magic Juan Street Mix Jump Off'' (2004) *''Inevitable'' (2004) *''Quiscalle'' (2007) *''The Sure Bet'' (2009)

References

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