Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, known professionally as Miky Woodz, is a Puerto Rican rapper. To date, he has released three studio albums, ''Before Famous'' in 2017, ''El OG'' in 2018, and most recently, in 2020, ''Los 90 Piketes'', which are all commercial successes.
Personal life
Woodz was born in
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Carolina (; ) is a city and municipality located on the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. It lies immediately east of the capital San Juan and Trujillo Alto; north of Gurabo and Juncos; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread ove ...
. According to Woodz, he sacrificed a job in a warehouse that paid him minimal wage to continue with his passion for music. Woodz also has a young son named "Meek".
Career
His debut album was ''Before Famous''
released in 2017, which reached number four in ''
Billboard
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'' and number 20 in Latin Album Sales. He then released his second studio album through Gol2 Records, SoldOut Records, and GLAD Empire Records
in 2018, entitled ''El OG''.
Highlighted by the song "Estamos Clear" with
Bad Bunny
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, it debuted at number six on ''Billboard''s
Top Latin Albums
Top Latin Albums is a record chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all ''Billboard'' album charts, the chart is based ...
chart
and had collaborations with
Noriel
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,
Farruko
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,
De La Ghetto
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Earl ...
,
Pusho
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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 ...
, Juhn, Ñejo,
Darkiel
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Career
Darkiel starte ...
, and
Bad Bunny
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.
The song "Estamos Clear" was censored in the Dominican Republic.
Miky Woodz gained commercial ground in the mid-2010s with featured roles on tracks by artists such as
Farruko
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, Benny Benni, and Juhn.
He signed to the Florida-based label Gol2 Latin Music, where he released songs such as "Alcoba
emix, "En Lo Oscuro Sin Perse", and "Tarde o Temprano", all three of which amassed streams and millions of views on
YouTube
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.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
As charted and certified songs
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodz, Miky
1991 births
Living people
People from Carolina, Puerto Rico
Latin trap musicians
Puerto Rican rappers
Puerto Rican reggaeton musicians