Michael F. Ellis was a Panamanian master record producer and founder of New Creation Entertprises along with associate David Uriel in Manhattan, New York, where artists such as Edgardo Franco also known as "El General", Smooth the Hustler, Pesos, Tricky, El Profeta, Carlos Miller, Owie Irie and Frank Bent also known as "Killer Ranks" were born. Michael Ellis was a pioneer international producer for the genres Spanish reggae and reggaeton. Michael F. Ellis produced the First production to EL GENERAL, smash hits as "El Gran Pana", "El Maestro", "Son Bow", "Buduff Kun Kun", "Te Ves Buena", "La Quemé", "El Paré", "No Mas Guerra", "Wine Your Body", "Cross The Border", "¿Que Pasa Nena?" by Carlos Miller, "Do That to Me One More Time", "Caramelo", "Mermaid Body" and "Killing you Suave" by Killer Ranks in association with Warner Brothers. Michael F. Ellis was the pioneer of Spanish reggae, founder of reggaeton and winning producer of "La Gaviota de Plata at the Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar, en Chile, the biggest honor in Latin music, Grammy Award winning producer of "Gran Pana", "El Maestro" and "Muevelo, Muevelo ", The Premio lo Nuestro award from 1989 - 1993. New Creation’s reach expanded far from the streets of New York and the borders of the United States. In 1988, New Creation Enterprises was the first record label to record reggaeton in Puerto Rico with titles such as, "Yo Quiero Un Amor" by Oscar Jemmoth aka El Profeta, "Ingles y Espanol" by Owie Irie, "Te vez Buena" and "Tu Pum Pum" by El General and "Hombre Murio" by Killer Ranks. Other titles from the Spanish reggae genre includes "The Best of Spanglish Reggae Vol. 1" produced in Creation Studios in 1998 by Michael F. Ellis, Kazey Ellis and Derrick Barrnett, also with this release given birth to the term "Spanglish" created by Michael F. Ellis meaning a mixture of English and Spanish lyrics. Streaming from New York to Puerto Rico in association with Prime entertainment, Michael F. Ellis laid the foundation for the widespread Reggaeton movement seen today. This movement was a product of a team of individuals along with Michael F. Ellis such as Nando Alvarechi, Luis Pisterman, Jesus Lopez, Hector Marcano, Eric Clark, Jimmy Delgado and Freddy Beras-Goyco all played a role in marketing and exposing at the time, the mostly unknown genre of reggaeton. Ellis died on December 6, 2014.
