RKM & Ken-Y

Jose Nieves (RKM) and Kenny Vasquez (Ken-Y) joined up with pushes in 2004 to create the reggaeton duo RKM & Ken-Y. Several brief years after their development, the set climbed the rates to reggaeton stardom, arriving in 2006 among the genre’s most significant groups. Both from Gurabo, Puerto Rico, the set got their begin performing at regional house celebrations and night clubs, Ken-Y performing and RKM offering the group’s lyrics and rap stream. Notice by record manufacturer Chencho resulted in their first documenting contract, with Cash Machine Information, a label possessed by veteran Notty Play, whose label, though important, lacked reach and means. Showing up on mixtapes and compilations, the duo captured the eye of reggaeton MC Nicky Jam and manufacturer/label owner Raphy Pina of Pina Information. The label change to Pina Information proved essential within the group’s achievement, offering opportunities to utilize performers like Don Omar, Nicky Jam, Polaco, and Lito. Their debut record, Masterpiece fulfilled great achievement and reviews that are positive. Nieves and Vasquez credit the achievement to their exclusive philosophy, “Our objective is by using our music to attain all sorts of people: small children, children, adults, rappers, Christians — everybody — and provide reggaeton into regions of the entire world where it’s by no means been before.”