Dalmata

Fernando Mangual Vázquez, conocido artisticamente como Dálmata nació el 29 de febrero del 1980. Es el menor de tres hermanos, creció en un pueblo que ha formado gran parte de su identidad y estilo. Ponce, Puerto Rico.



Demostró gran pasión por la música a muy corta edad. Antes de verse envuelto en el mundo del reggaeton su sueño era tener una banda de rock, pues esa era la moda en aquellos tiempos. Aunque Dálmata tenia hermanos mayores, desde que tenia tres años creció como hijo único. Ya que hace poco fue que conoció a sus hermanos. Dálmata no tuvo la oportunidad de tener consejos y las experiencias que un hermano mayor le puede brindar.



Dálmata siempre supo que tenía talento con la música así que comenzó a experimentar con el teclado y antes de que se diera ya estaba mezclando dos géneros de música diferente. Tomaba las canciones de roxk y trataba de cambiar lo que ellos estaban diciendo para crear lo que el llamaba parodias de rock. Fueron esas parodias de rock las que ayudaron a Dálmata a entrar en la comunidad del reggaeton con su primera canción "No te hagas la dificil". Lo gracioso esta canción fue grabado luego de perder una apuesta con el productor DJ Negro. El ritmo de esta canción fue creado originalmente por Rafy Mercenario, pero por alguna razón el disco no fue lanzado y DJ Joe hizo un nuevo ritmo con ella y lanzo la canción en "Fatal Fantasy"



En la colaboración de "Fatal Fantasy 2" Dálmata conoció a su actual compañero artístico Nejo. Al colaborar juntos en este albúm Dálmata se acerca a Nejo y le propone hacer actividades juntos. Para suerte, sus estilos al ser tan diferentes que se complementaron muy bien el uno con el otro y crearon un flow verdaderamente agresivo que hasta el día de hoy el público sigue. Dálmata tuvo la oportunidad de participar en producciones como "MVP", "The Store" y "Da' Flex". En el 2005 firma contrato con DJ Nelson y Flow Music Corp y con el apoyo de DJ Nelson han compuesto canciones como "Esa Nena". En el 2006 cantaron juntos en el album "Ground Zero" y "One Team Music Da' Hitmakers"



En el 2006 Dálmata canto solo en el album Sangre Nueva Special Edition. Participo en la producción La Kalle con el éxito "Caliente". Lleva su talento mas allá creando personalmente la melodía de sus canciones, luego acude a otra persona para que añada su batería y otros efectos especiales. Su atención esta actualmente puesta en su disco como solista. En el 2007 este joven con una visión y un flow diferente que llegara a otro nivel.



El 2007 lansa su primer cd junto con Nejo titulado Broke and Famous con la participacion de artistas como Tego Calderon, Julio Voltio, Los Rabanes, Chino Nino y Lt.



Y ahora en Diciembre llega con el disco Still Broke Deluxe Edition junto con Nejo, con la participacion de artistas como como Zion y Lenox, Divino, Gustavo Laureano de La Secta entre otros. Este disco es Broke and Famous Reloaded pero con 5 temas nuevos.



Fernando Mangual Vazquez, artistically known as Dálmata, was born on February 29, 1980. The youngest out of three brothers, Dalmata was raised in the place that has become part of his identity and style: Ponce, Puerto Rico.



Dalmata demonstrated a passion for music at a very young age. He studied music theory and also belonged to the chorus at La Escuela de Ponce. Before being involved in reggaeton, his vision was to have a rock band because it was like the trend at the time. Although Dalmata had older brothers, since age 3, he was brought up as a single child, after his brothers were kidnapped. It was not until recently that Dalmata met his older brothers.

Coming from a humble family and upbringing, Dalmata always had to struggle to make ends meet. If he wanted something, he would have to hussle to get what he desired. The fact that before pursuing a music career, he worked in places such as the local toll booth and Sams Club, demonstrates how down to earth Dalmatas character is in reality.

As a young kid, Dalmata would spend hours drawing and putting his many ideas on paper. Schoolmates would even pay Dalmata to draw a picture of them, because his pictures were almost an identical replica of the real person.

However, Dalmata knew that he had a unique talent as a musician and began experimenting with the keyboard, and before he knew it, he was mixing two music genres. He would take rock songs and sort of mimic what they were saying to create what he calls a rock parody. It was this rock parody that helped Dalmata breakthrough the reggaeton community with his first song No te Hagas la Dificil. Funny thing is that Dalmatas song was recorded because he lost a bet to reggaeton producer, DJ Negro. The beat for this song was originally made by DJ Rafi Mercenario, but for some reason the album was not released, and DJ Joe remade the beat and released the song in the production Fatal Fantasy.

It was in his collaborating work in Fatal Fantasy 2, that Dalmata met his frequent artistic partner, Ñejo. Both of them being from the same vicinity in Ponce, they were familiar with each other, but were not really the best of friends. It was after collaborating on the same album, that Dalmata approached Nejo to perform in parties together. Luckily for them, their different, distinct styles complement each other and create an aggressive flow that the public keeps demanding. Dalmata also had the opportunity to appear in productions, such as MVP, The Score, and Da Flex. Most recently, and with the support of DJ Nelsons, Flow Music Corp., Ñejo and Dalmata have composed and performed songs, such as Esa Nena and are also featuring together in Ground Zero, another album to be released in 2006.

Also in 2006, Dalmata appeared solo in Naldos, Sangre Nueva Special Edition. He also appeared in La Kalle , with the hit song Caliente. Dalmata takes his talent even further by personally creating the melody to his songs and then having someone else put the batteries and other effects that go with the beat. Dalmata is featured to appear in productions, such as The Jedays, One Team Music Da Hitmakers, Mundo Demente, and most important for him, he is working on his solo album. With 2006 proving to be a very promising year for this smooth lyricist, his flow and vision will reach la whole new level, because unlike many artists in the genre, his lyrics do have real meaning. Hopefully, this promising star will not be BROKE AND FAMOUS forever



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