Rene Farrait Nieves (born November 2, 1967) is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, and former member of the

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Menudo. After leaving the band, Farrait enjoyed a brief solo career. In the 1980s, Rene Farrait reunited with former Menudo bandmates

Xavier Serbiá Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo (born July 24, 1968, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a financial commentator, syndicated columnist, and was news anchor of ''CNN Dinero'' at CNN en Español, from 2010 to 2023. Serbiá is also a former member of th ...

Ray Reyes Ray Reyes León (March 13, 1970 – April 30, 2021) was a Puerto Rican singer who was a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. Career He was born in New York City and was raised in Levittown, a neighborhood in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, th ...

and Johnny Lozada (Reyes and Farrait were not Menudo members at the same time) and formed a trio called Proyecto M. (Reyes replaced Serbiá as a member of Proyecto M). In 1998, Farrait joined five other former band members (including Reyes and Lozada) for a comeback tour named ''

El Reencuentro El Reencuentro was the name that six ex-members of musical group Menudo used for their comeback project remembering Menudo's golden era. Ricky Melendez, Rene Farrait, Miguel Cancel, Johnny Lozada, Ray Reyes, and Charlie Masso re-joined to c ...

''. Following El Reencuentro's break up in 2015, Farrait, along with Reyes and fellow former Menudo members

Miguel Cancel Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez (born June 28, 1968) is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and retired police officer who began his career with the Puerto Rico-based boy band Menudo. Career Menudo Miguel was born in Chicago, Illinois as the only ch ...

Charlie Massó Carlos Javier Rivera Massó (born June 13, 1969 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known as Charlie Massó, is a Puerto Rican singer and actor. Massó is a former member of Menudo, joining the band at the height of Menudo's worldwide fame. He ...

(who had substituted Farrait as member of Menudo) and

Robert Avellanet Roberto Alejandro Avellanet Negrón, known professionally as Robert Avellanet or Roba, is a Puerto Rican singer who was a member of '' Menudo'' from 1988 to 1991. His uncle is the famous Puerto Rican singer Chucho Avellanet. Biography Avella ...

returned to touring, this time being allowed to use the name Menudo again but using the name Menudomania Forever.

Acting

Farrait participated in a film named Menudo: La Pelicula along with his Menudo bandmates in 1981. When

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was shot in 1982, Farrait had already left the band; substituted by Charlie Massó; nevertheless, he appeared on the background during parts of the film as one of the film's main secondary characters, "Señora Mía", greatly enjoyed the band's last album with Rene on it and had a poster of Rene and his Menudo band-mates in her room. In 2017, Farrait retook his film career, playing a priest on the

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vian film ''

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''.

Personal life

Farrait was married to Carol Maldonado, and later got divorced. He has three daughters and is currently single.

In pop culture

Farrait is played by

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in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video series based on Menudo, " Súbete A Mi Moto".

Discography

With Menudo

* ''

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'' (1979) * ''Felicidades'' (1979) * ''Mas Mucho Mas'' (1980) * ''Es Navidad'' (1980) * '' Fuego'' (1981) * '' Xanadu'' (1981) * ''

Quiero Ser ''Quiero Ser'' (also titled ''Rock Chiquillo'' in Puerto Rico) is the ninth studio album by the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, released in 1981 by Padosa Records. The lineup at the time included members Ricky Meléndez, René Farrait, Johnny L ...

'' (1981)

With Proyecto M

* ''Proyecto M'' (1987) * ''Proyecto M 2'' (1989) * ''Arde que me quemas'' (1991) * ''Si esta no Conmigo'' (1993)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrait 1967 births Living people Menudo (band) members Actors from San Juan, Puerto Rico Musicians from San Juan, Puerto Rico 20th-century Puerto Rican male singers 20th-century Puerto Rican singers Puerto Rican people of French descent People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico