José Carabaño (

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, Venezuela, 20 November 1993), known professionally as Junior, is a Venezuelan

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and

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. He is the co-founder and vice president of Rimas Entertainment, and also the representative of artists such as Neutro Shorty, and Big Soto, among others. In 2018, Junior was included in the list of the most important figures in independent music according to the ''Billboard''.

Biography

He started out doing graffiti on the streets of

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, Venezuela. In 2011 he developed the entire graphic concept for De La Ghetto. This allowed him to enter the Latin urban music industry and he ended up expanding to work with other artists such as

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and

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. In 2017, he was in charge of the design and development of Ozuna's first album titled ''Odisea''. As part of the promotional strategy, he and his team developed the mobile video game Odisea The Game, which reached more than 100,000 downloads in digital stores. In 2018, he was listed by

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as Amplificador Digital on the list of the 48 Jobs of Tomorrow in the Latin music industry. In 2019, he was in charge of the work plan for Kevin Roldán, an artist he represented together with

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, with whom he released his first studio album, which has more than 2 billion plays. In 2024, he was the one who headed the signing of the Latin Mafia to his record company. Latin Mafia was nominated in the ''Best New Artist'' category at the 25th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. In 2024, he was included in the Billboard Latin Power Players list, a list that recognizes the most influential executives in the world of Latin music.

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