Tego Calderon
Joins Heineken's Amsterjam August in NYC
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Espanol - Haz Click Aqui)
6/25/06 - LatinRapper.com/RL
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Tego Calderón To Perform in a Mash-Up with Headline Artist
August 19th On Randall’s Island - NYC. Known for its
long-time support of and association with Latin music,
Heineken USA announced the addition of reggaeton great Tego
Calderón to the headlining artists set to perform for
Heineken’s AmsterJam 2006, Heineken’s unique summer music
festival featuring mash-ups and solo sets. Tego will be
paired for a mash-up performance with another headlining
artist of a different genre for a spectacular and memorable
collaborative performance. Headliners already on board for
the event are legendary rock and roll idols Tom Petty & the
Heartbreakers, celebrated platinum recording artists The Foo
Fighters, and rap icon LL Cool J. Specific artist mash-ups
and additional main stage artists will be announced shortly.
Contemporary Puerto Rican band Yerbabuena has been confirmed
for the second stage, and other Latin acts will follow. |
Tickets for the event are available for purchase at
Ticketmaster.com. Tego’s mash-up at Heineken’s AmsterJam
alongside other music icons marks his reaffirmation as the
father of reggaeton. Busy preparing for his next album "THE
UNDERDOG/ “EL SUBESTIMADO” due out on Jiggiri/Atlantic
Records in August, is already giving a lot to talk about
among music critics and industry alike that have review the
production. This new production is slated to include a
magnificent journey through the Afro-Caribbean musical scene
which masterfully brings together reggae, dance Hall, salsa,
bomba, rumba, and the deep south feeling of the blues. The
Underdog will feature guest appearances of Buju Banton, Don
Omar, Eddie Dee, and the legendary salsa singer Oscar de
Leon, among others.
Heineken’s AmsterJam will take place Saturday, August 19th
on New York's Randall's Island. Heineken’s sold-out,
day-long festival last year featured mash-ups and solo sets
by super-stars in rock, hip hop and Latin music in
on-the-spot collaborations including: the Red Hot Chili
Peppers and Snoop Dogg, 311 and Wyclef Jean, Garbage and
Peaches and Fat Joe and Hector El Bambino. Funk legend
Bootsy Collins was the festival's curator. The second stage
featured Gogol Bordello, The Brought Low, Antibalas, Grand
Master Flash and more.
About Tego Calderón : Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Tego
Calderón forged his own multicultural rap style, earning a
reputation as a street poet with a fresh musical approach in
his home country. He credits fellow Puerto Rican hip-hop
pioneer Vico C with inspiring him to rap in Spanish, instead
of imitating the English catch phrases of African-American
hip-hop. His first album, “EL ABAYARDE” released in 2002,
broke sales records in the then-underground reggaeton genre,
selling a remarkable 50,000 copies on the first day of its
release, and made Tego an overnight Latin superstar. As
Latin rappers have been embraced by the American hip-hop
culture, Tego has been featured on a variety of mix tapes
and has been invited to add his trademark vocal style to
collaborations and remixes by the likes of Fat Joe’s Terror
Squad (the #1 smash, “Lean Back”), Usher, 50 Cent, Cypress
Hill, and Wyclef Jean.
From his appearances at New York’s annual Puerto Rican Day
parades in 2004 and 2005, to becoming the first
Spanish-language artist to be featured on New York radio
station, Power-105, Tego has been breaking cultural
barriers. Among Tego’s achievements are Latin Grammy and
Billboard Award nominations, a Source Award for
“International Artist of the Year,” a Tu Música award, and
nominations for La Gente and Lo Nuestro awards.
In the spring of 2005, Tego signed with Atlantic Records via
a deal with his own Jiggiri Records label -- becoming the
first reggaeton artist to ink a global pact with a major
label. His second proper album, "THE UNDERDOG / “EL
SUBESTIMADO,” is due out from Jiggiri/Atlantic Records on
August of 2006.
Heineken on the
web:
http://www.EnjoyHeinekenResponsibly.com
