Tego Calderón
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About
Reggaeton musician whose 2002 debut full-length album El Abayarde sold 50,000 copies, a sales record for an urban music album. His song "Pa' Que Retozen" has accumulated more than 600 million streams on Spotify.
Before Fame
He was a drummer in a rock band that covered artists like Led Zeppelin and Ozzy Osbourne.
Trivia
He vowed not to wear jewelry anymore after going to Africa and participating in the VH1 documentary "Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop", which examined the relationship between the good diamond trade and Hip Hop.
Family Life
His father, Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, was a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. He married Michelle Peterbauer in 2006 and they have two kids named Malcolm X Calderón and Ebony Nairobi Calderón.
Associated With
He rapped on a remix of the Usher song "Yeah."
