De La Ghetto


Rafael E. Castillo Torres, better known by his stage name De La Ghetto, is an American reggaeton singer and songwriter originally part of the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto.

Early life and career

Rafael Castillo, Jr. was born in New York and moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of eight. He was born to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. In 2004, he collaborated with reggaeton artist Arcángel to form the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto; the group debuted with the single "Ven Pégate", which was featured on Naldo's mixtape Sangre Nueva in 2005. He along with Arcángel signed to Zion's label Baby Records, and have appeared on numerous reggaeton albums including the compilation . In 2006, De La Ghetto began his solo career and appeared the next year on two hit singles, the remix of "Siente el Boom" by Tito el Bambino and a collaboration with Randy, "Sensación del Bloque" which has been viewed on YouTube over 200 million times. Masacre Musical was released in 2008. Masacre Musical peaked at #46 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the U.S.; its single "Tu Te Imaginas" peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. De La Ghetto is one of the first artist to bring Latin Trap to Puerto Rico, leading the way for many of today's biggest artist. His 2018 album Mi Movimiento was nominated in 2019 for a Latin Grammy Award for "Best Urban Music Album", and the track "Caliente" was also nominated for a Latin Grammy for "Best Urban song".

Discography

Albums

As featured artist