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De La Ghetto
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
De La Ghetto is the stage name of Rafael Castillo Torres, an American singer and rapper who was born in 1984 in the Bronx in New York. His father was Dominican and his mother Puerto Rican. In 2004 he met Arcángel, who also came from New York, and together they formed the duo Arcángel & De la Ghetto. Their first single Ven, Pégate appeared in 2005 on Naldo's mixtape Sangre Nueva. He then signed to Zion's label Baby Records.
Music and breakthrough
In 2006 he began a solo career. The following year two hits appeared, a remix of Siente el Boom by Tito el Bambino and Sensación del Bloque with Randy, which has since been viewed more than two hundred million times on YouTube. His first solo album Masacre musical came out in 2008. Later came Geezy Boyz: The Album in 2013, Mi movimiento in 2018 and Los chulitos in 2020. Mi movimiento was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Album in 2019, and the song Caliente also received a nomination.
Influence
De La Ghetto's music combines reggaeton with hip hop and trap. In this way he is one of the artists who shaped Latin trap.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 2008Masacre musical
- 2013Geezy Boyz: The Album
- 2018Mi movimiento
- 2020Los chulitos
- 2023GZ
- 2025Daylight
- 2025Moonlight
- 2025Starlight
Mentioned in other articles
- Latin trap Genre
De La Ghetto and Arcángel were already rapping over trap beats around 2007, but around 2016 it became a wave, via SoundCloud and YouTube.