Tempo

Tempo was incarcerated in 2002; charged and later convicted, on purely circumstantial evidence, of conspiracy to distribute an ungodly and totally preposterous amount of hard drugs. This was not a case of gangster life catching up with Tempo, but the Feds taking their frustrations at not being able to contain and control the real gangsters. Since his incarceration, the genre Tempo helped create has exploded, and brought with it stars such as Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderón and Don Omar. Yet Tempos star shines brightest to the core fans, perhaps because his tongue is sharpest, his prose real and believable, his anger shared, his fortitude verified, his humanity obvious and because his heart is always open to his people. His fans empathy was attested by the tumultuous response to his appearance (direct from the Federal Courthouse in San Juan, PR) in the massively successful CD/DVD, The Chosen Few El Documental. At this time, his Appellant's Brief has been submitted for consideration to the Boston Court of Appeals. In 2006 Tempo will take his rightful place at the top of urban musics pantheon of stars. AND with all of our help, Tempo will be free



David Sanchez Badillo, AKA Tempo, the most iconic figure in the young history of urban Latin music, started life with his two younger sisters Jessica and Daimar in the Lirios Del Sur housing Project housing projects of en Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he studied for a semester at the Escuela Libre de Musica (Free Music School) it was evident then that Tempo had the gifts of rhythm and prose.



Tempos parents were divorced when he was four years old, and for the next decade Tempo straddled Puerto Rico and New York City, living alternately with his mother and his fathers mother, as his father languished in and out of various jails.



The colliding influence of these two worlds congealed in 1989, when at age eleven, Tempo started to flow the reality of the streets over deliriously percussive Hip Hop beats.



Tempo moved to Orlando, Florida when he was eighteen, rolling with Ghetto, Tom MAS Weisman and various street gangs while perfecting a unique blend of Reggaeton and Hip Hop.



Encouraged by DJ Playero, and Mexicano Tempo went back to Puerto Rico where he built a devoted fan base to whom he was and is more than just another performer, but a leader whose perspective they share. At this time, to see Tempo live was to see a god like Biggie and Tupuc.



Tempo recorded the seminal Game Over and New Game albums In DJ Playeros studio, while in his early twenties. On these records, Tempo defines himself an articulate spokesperson for the disposesed. At a time when urban Latin music was not thought to exist, both productions were certified Gold by the RIAA.



En estos lanzamientos, Tempo se define como un portavoz articulado para los desposados.



Tempos increasing artistic and commercial influence is evidenced by the multi-Platinum success of the compilation album Buddhas Family on which Tempo was the featured artist, and the subsequent release of Tempo Exitos, a best selling compilation of his greatest hits. The albums included important collaborations with the producers Echo, MAS, Mexicano and DJ Black that defined the future of urban Latin music. .



Tempo was incarcerated in 2002; charged and later convicted, on purely circumstantial evidence, of conspiracy to distribute of an ungodly and totally preposterous amount of hard drugs. This was not a case of gangster life catching up with Tempo but the Feds taking their frustrations at not being able to contain and control the real gangsters out on Tempo.



Since his incarceration, the genre Tempo helped create has exploded and brought with it stars such as Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon and Don Omar. Yet Tempos star shines brightest to the core fans, perhaps because his tongue is sharpest, his prose real and believable, his anger shared, his fortitude verified, his humanity oblivious and because his heart is always open to his people. Witness the tumultuous response to his appearance (direct from the Federal Courthouse in San Juan, PR) in the massively successful CD/DVD The Chosen Few El Documental.



In late spring 2006 Tempo will release an extraordinary double CD, containing on one disc a digitally remastered live recording of his legendary Feria del Ponce concerts, and on a second CD, angry, unrepentant, unapologetic, and revolutionary unreleased material remixed in collaboration with many of urban musics most influential artists.



In 2006 Tempo will take his rightful place at the top of urban musics pantheon of stars. In 2006, with all of our help, Tempo will be free.



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