DESCRIPTION:
Born and raised New Yorker, Ron Prokopez, began his professional musical career at the young age of 14 playing trombone in various clubs and venues throughout the city. It wasn't long before his raw talent was recognized and afforded him opportunities to perform around the world and record with a number of artists including Don Omar, Kool & The Gang, Tito Rojas, Frankie Negron and Beanie Sigel, just to name a few.

After graduating from Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Prokopez continued to expand his curriculum as an artist and began studying mambo and salsa with Piel Canela Dance School and with the mambo dance king himself, Eddie Torres. Prokopez's unique style of infusing hip-hop, mambo and salsa have allowed him to stand apart from other dancers in the industry establishing him as an innovator in the NYC salsa scene. He currently teaches mambo and salsa classes at his alma-mater, SUNY Purchase College.

Prokopez has continued broadening the scope of his artistry engaging in new endeavors over the past few years. In 2007 he became the lead singer, composer and lyricist of The Element Band. In 2009 Prokopez made his musical theater debut starring in "The Magic of the Salsa Kingdom" directed by Maria Torres where he was featured singing, dancing, acting, rapping and playing trombone. Prokopez has also played the role of musical director for two-time Grammy award winning singer Willy Torres' NYC Salsa Project, hip-hop legends Kwik-Step and Rocafella's band R.P.M., and hip-hop's rising star from Ghana, Blitz the Ambassador.

Like any true artist, Prokopez has drawn inspiration from life experiences and his upbringing in the culturally rich neighborhood of Washington Heights. With his debut solo album Prokopez hopes to share some of his story as a socially conscious lyricist along with his signature fusion of hip-hop and salsa.