Nicky jam

                             


Nick Rivera Caminero (Boston, Massachusetts, United States; March 17, 1981), better known as Nicky Jam, is a reggaeton singer and songwriter.

From a young age he began to rapping and when performing a performance in a supermarket, caught the attention of a lady, who was the wife of an executive director of a record label. He signed a recording contract and at age eleven, he released his debut album.5 In the mid-1990s he met Daddy Yankee, with whom he formed a duo.5 They created several musical successes, but in 2004 they were disbanded by various Personal conflicts.5 6 At the end of the 2000s Jam's musical career suffered a decline, so he decided to move to Medellín, Colombia between 2007 and 2010, in order to launch his artistic career again.7

In 2014 Nicky began to gain popularity again in several Latin American countries with his simple "Mischief" and "I'm going to drink" .5 In 2015, together with Enrique Iglesias, he released the song "El perdón", which became a hit In America and in several European countries such as Spain, Germany, France, Portugal and Switzerland, among others.8 "Forgiveness" won the award for best urban performance at the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards 9 and at the Latin American Music Awards The prizes as a single of the year and favorite collaboration, respectively.10


Caminero was born on March 17, 1981 in the city of Boston in Massachusetts, United States. Of Puerto Rican ancestry by his father and Dominican for his mother.5 Jam has four children named Joe Martin, Luciana (Lucy), Yarimar and Alyssa, the oldest of all.11 As a child he began to rape; When Jam was ten years old, his father decided to move his family to a locality in Puerto Rico called Cataño, 5 and Jam to help his family financially, he began to work in a supermarket as a packer.5


At the age of eleven, she drew the attention of the wife of an executive director of an independent record label in Puerto Rico to perform a staging at her place.12 She took him to her husband; Nicky rapped for the director and was delighted.12 A recording contract was signed and the floppy disc sold his debut studio album, Distinct from Others, mixing the rap and reggae genres.5 The album was not successful, However, 12 helped several disyoiseis and vocalists get interested in working with him after listening to his bilingual performances, Nicky repeatedly opened concerts.5 His pseudonym Nicky Jam was given by a passer-by in the form of Joke.13


In the mid-1990s, Nick Jam had a meeting with Daddy Yankee, an artist by whom, at the time, he felt a lot of admiration.5 Yankee appreciating talent in him and offered to work together5 and invited him as his hype Man for a concert he performed in the Dominican Republic.12 They formed a duo called Los Cangris and created a strong friendship.5 Together they composed and recorded several songs, including "En la cama" and "Guayando", which had a success Moderated in Latin America.5 In March 2001 Yankee released a compilation album called El Cartel II, which included a track in which Jam participated as a vocalist, Tu cuerpo en la cama.


"A lot of fame came to me at an early age and I did not know how to take advantage of it ... a lot of irresponsibility"
-Nicky Jam in an interview with the journalist Mauricio Castro, from La red.15
After the success that Nicky Jam harvested next to Yankee, began to consume harmful substances and alcohol; Yankee, worried about Nicky's bad habits, tried to help him; But without results. They constantly had confrontations, 6 Nicky composed a song for Yankee and created a rivalry.5 In 2004, they finally broke their friendship and stopped working together.5 6 5 At the end of November 2004, the album Life Nicky, and became the most successful album of the artist until that time, being placed in position 4 of Top Tropical Albums and 23 of Top Latin Albums, Billboard.16 17 18 Album includes songs notorias Such as "I'm dying," "I'm leaving for the party," "I'm not your husband," and "Chambonea," who won favorable positions in Latin Tropical Airplay.16 In 2004 Yankee gained popularity as a reggaeton artist with his success "Gasoline"; While Jam, with rejections of the public, 6 continued to self-destruct and stopped recording after falling into a deep depression, which also caused him to gain weight.5 He did not even have to pay for lodging 19 and with a low profile , Staged at a hotel for tourists, 5 which helped him improve his vocal skills and discovered that, apart from rapping, "he could sing." 5

At the end of December 2007 Nicky released the album The Black Carpet, which had a moderate success when entering the 24th place of the Top Latin Albums of the United States.20 18 For its promotion, it sold the single "Gas by" With RKM, and ranked 45th in the Hot Latin Songs chart.20 By the end of the 2000s, Jam continued his work in the music industry; But without success.6 21

In his musical beginnings, Daddy Yankee was one of his favorite artists. According to Jam, Colombian artists Silvestre Dangond and Carlos Vives have influenced his music.30 He also states that his compositions have been heavily influenced by the romantic and melancholic lyrics content of Colombian vallenato songs and by the rhythm of Puerto Rican music , So he believes that, with this combination, he is a reggae artist very different from those of those countries.30 He also states "that it is a new style of reggaeton that attracts both children and adults" .30

Jam has commented that "Dancing" by Enrique Iglesias, "I do not give up" by Luis Fonsi, "All of Me" by John Legend, "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars, and "I want to get married With you ", by Carlos Vives, are some of his favorite songs.3

Has 2 daughters and his wife is the angelica cruz model

 

By: William  Alcivar  y John Meza