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The term New Latin, or Neo-Latin,"It was perhaps still more remarkable, and an instance unparalleled, that Sir Robert governed George the First in Latin, the King not speaking English, and his minister no German, nor even French. It was much talked of that Sir Robert, detecting one of the Hanoverian ministers in some trick or falsehood before the King's face, had the firmness to say to the German "Mentiris impudissime!", who knew neither German nor French.

Decline

By about 1700, the growing movement for the use of national languages (already found earlier in literature and the Protestant religious movement) had reached academia, and an example of the transition is Newton's writing career, which began in New Latin and ended in English (e.g. Opticks, 1704). A much earlier example is Galileo c. 1600, some of whose scientific writings were in Latin, some in Italian, the latter to reach a wider audience. By contrast, while German philosopher Christian Wolff (1679–1754) popularized German as a language of scholarly instruction and research, and wrote some works in German, he continued to write primarily in Latin, so that his works could more easily reach an international audience (e.g., Philosophia moralis, 1750–53).

Likewise, in the early 18th century, French replaced Latin as a diplomatic language, due to the commanding presence in Europe of the France of Louis XIV. At the same time, some (like King Frederick William I of Prussia) were dismissing Latin as a useless accomplishment, unfit for a man of practical affairs. The last international treaty to be written in Latin was the Treaty of Vienna in 1738; after the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) international diplomacy was conducted predominantly in French.

A diminishing audience combined with diminishing production of Latin texts pushed Latin into a declining spiral from which it has not recovered. As it was gradually abandoned by various fields, and as less written material appeared in it, there was less of a practical reason for anyone to bother to learn Latin; as fewer people knew Latin, there was less reason for material to be written in the language. Latin came to be viewed as esoteric, irrelevant, and worst of all, too difficult. As languages like French, German, and English became more widely known, use of a 'difficult' auxiliary language seemed unnecessary—while the argument that Latin could expand readership beyond a single nation was fatally weakened if, in fact, Latin readers did not compose a majority of the intended audience.

As the 18th century progressed, the extensive literature in Latin being produced at the beginning slowly contracted. By 1800 Latin publications were far outnumbered, and often outclassed, by writings in the vernacular. Latin literature lasted longest in very specific fields (e.g. botany and zoölogy) where it had acquired a technical character, and where a literature available only to a small number of learned individuals could remain viable. By the end of the 19th century, Latin in some instances functioned less as a language than as a code capable of concise and exact expression, as for instance in physicians' prescriptions, or in a botanist's description of a specimen. In other fields (e.g. anatomy or law) where Latin had been widely used, it survived in technical phrases and terminology. The perpetuation of Ecclesiastical Latin in the Roman Catholic Church through the 20th century can be considered a special case of the technicalizing of Latin, and the narrowing of its use to an élite class of readers.

By 1900, creative Latin composition, for purely artistic purposes, had become rare. Authors such as Arthur Rimbaud and Max Beerbohm wrote Latin verse, but these texts were either school exercises or occasional pieces. The last survivals of New Latin to convey non-technical information appear in the use of Latin to cloak passages and expressions deemed too indecent (in the 19th century) to be read by children, the lower classes, or (most) women. Such passages appear in translations of foreign texts and in works on folklore, anthropology, and psychology, e.g. Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).

Crisis and transformation

Latin as a language held a place of educational pre-eminence until the second half of the 19th century. At that point its value was increasingly questioned; in the 20th century, educational philosophies such as that of John Dewey dismissed its relevance. At the same time, the philological study of Latin appeared to show that the traditional methods and materials for teaching Latin were dangerously out of date and ineffective.

In secular academic use, however, New Latin declined sharply and then continuously after about 1700. Although Latin texts continued to be written throughout the 18th and into the 19th century, their number and their scope diminished over time. By 1900, very few new texts were being created in Latin for practical purposes, and the production of Latin texts had become little more than a hobby for Latin enthusiasts.

Around the beginning of the 19th century came a renewed emphasis on the study of Classical Latin as the spoken language of the Romans of the 1st centuries BC and AD. This new emphasis, similar to that of the Humanists but based on broader linguistic, historical, and critical studies of Latin literature, led to the exclusion of Neo-Latin literature from academic studies in schools and universities (except for advanced historical language studies); to the abandonment of New Latin neologisms; and to an increasing interest in the reconstructed Classical pronunciation, which displaced the several regional pronunciations in Europe in the early 20th century.

Coincident with these changes in Latin instruction, and to some degree motivating them, came a concern about lack of Latin proficiency among students. Latin had already lost its privileged role as the core subject of elementary instruction; and as education spread to the middle and lower classes, it tended to be dropped altogether. By the mid-20th century, even the trivial acquaintance with Latin typical of the 19th century student was a thing of the past.

Relics

made for the medical community has Latin instructions for measuring a patient's pulse rate on its dial: enumeras ad XX pulsus, "count to the twentieth heartbeat".]] Ecclesiastical Latin, the form of New Latin used in the Roman Catholic Church, remained in use throughout the period and after. Until the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65 all priests were expected to have competency in it, and it was studied in Catholic schools. It is still today the official language of the Church. Use of Latin in the Mass, largely abandoned through the later 20th century, has recently seen a resurgence, sponsored in part by Pope Benedict XVI.

New Latin is also the source of the biological system of binomial nomenclature and classification of living organisms devised by Carolus Linnæus, although the rules of the ICZN allow the construction of names that deviate considerably from historical norms. See also classical compounds. Another continuation is the use of Latin names for the surface features of planets and planetary satellites (planetary nomenclature), originated in the mid-17th century for selenographic toponyms. New Latin has also contributed a vocabulary for specialized fields such as anatomy and law; some of these words have become part of the normal, non-technical vocabulary of various European languages.

Pronunciation

New Latin had no single pronunciation, but a host of local variants or dialects, all distinct both from each other and from the historical pronunciation of Latin at the time of the Roman Republic and Empire. As a rule, the local pronunciation of Latin used sounds identical to those of the dominant local language; the result of a concurrently evolving pronunciation in the living languages and the corresponding spoken dialects of Latin. Despite this variation, there are some common characteristics to nearly all of the dialects of New Latin, for instance:

The use of a sibilant fricative or affricate in place of a stop for the letters c and sometimes g, when preceding a front vowel.

The use of a sibilant fricative or affricate for the letter t when not in the onset of the first syllable and preceding unstressed i followed by a vowel.

The use of a labiodental fricative for most instances of the letter v (or consonantal u), instead of the classical labiovelar approximant .

A tendency for medial s to be voiced to [ z ], especially between vowels.

The merger of æ and œ with e, and of y with i.

The loss of the distinction between short and long vowels, with such vowel distinctions as remain being dependent upon word-stress.

The regional dialects of New Latin can be grouped into families, according to the extent to which they share common traits of pronunciation. The major division is between Western and Eastern family of New Latin. The Western family includes most Romance-speaking regions (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy) and the British Isles; the Eastern includes Scandinavia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe.

The Western family is characterized, inter alia, by having a front variant of the letter g before the vowels æ, e, i, œ, y and also pronouncing j in the same way (except in Italy). In the Eastern family, j is always pronounced , and g had the same sound (usually ) in front of both front and back vowels; exceptions developed later in some Scandinavian countries.

The following table illustrates some of the variation of New Latin consonants found in various countries of Western Europe, compared to the Classical Latin pronunciation of the 1st centuries BCE-CEbefore "æ", "e", "i", "œ", y || / k / || / tʃ / || / s / || / s / || / s / || / θ / || / tʃ / || / ts / || / s / || / s / |-align="center" | ccbefore "æ", "e", "i", "œ", "y" || / kk / || / ttʃ / ||/ ks / || / ks / ||/ ss / || / kθ / || / ktʃ / || / kts / || / ss / || / ss / |-align="center" | ch || / kʰ / || / k / || / k / || / k / || / k / || / k / || / k /, / h / || / k /, / x / || / x / || / k / |-align="center" | gbefore "æ", "e", i", "œ", "y" || / ɡ / || / dʒ / ||rowspan="2"| / ʒ / ||rowspan="2"| / dʒ / ||rowspan="2"| / ʒ / ||rowspan="2"| / x / || / dʒ / || / ɡ / || / ɣ / or / x / ||rowspan="2"| / j/ |-align="center" | j || / j / || / j / || / j / || / j / || / j / |-align="center" | qubefore "a", "o", "u" ||rowspan="2"| / kʷ / ||rowspan="2"| / kw / ||rowspan="2"| / k / ||rowspan="2"| / kw / || / kw / || / kw / ||rowspan="2"| / kv / ||rowspan="2"| / kv / ||rowspan="2"| / kv / ||rowspan="2"| / kv / |-align="center" | qubefore "æ", "e", "i" || / k / || / k / |-align="center" | scbefore "æ", "e", "i", "œ", "y" || / sk / || / ʃ / ||rowspan="2"| / s / || / s / ||rowspan="2"| / s / || / sθ / || / stʃ /, / sk / || / sts / || / s / || / s / |-align="center" | tbefore unstressed i+vowelexcept initiallyor after "s", "t", "x" || /t/ || / ts/ || / ʃ / || / θ / || /ts/ || /ts/ || /ts/ || / ts / |-align="center" | v || / w / || / v / || / v / || / v / || / v / || / b / ([β]) || / v / || / v / || / v / || / v / |-align="center" | z || / dz / || / dz / || / z / || / z / || / z / || / θ / || / z / || / ts / || / z / || / s / |- |}

Orthography

New Latin texts are primarily found in early printed editions, which present certain features of spelling and the use of diacritics distinct from the Latin of antiquity, medieval Latin manuscript conventions, and representations of Latin in modern printed editions.

Characters

In spelling, New Latin, in all but the earliest texts, distinguishes the letter u from v and i from j. In older printed texts, including most from the 16th century into the first decades of the 17th century, v was used in initial position (even when it represented a vowel, e.g. in vt, later printed ut) and u was used elsewhere, e.g. in nouus, later printed novus. By the middle decades of the 17th century, the letter v was used for the consonantal sound of Roman V, which in most pronunciations of Latin in the New Latin period was (and not ), as in vulnus "wound", corvus "crow". Where the pronunciation remained , as after g, q and s, the spelling u continued to be used for the consonant, e.g. in lingua, qualis, and suadeo.

The letter j generally represented a consonantal sound (pronounced in various ways in different European countries, e.g. , , , ). It appeared, for instance, in jam "now" or jubet "orders" (now spelled iam and iubet). It was also found between vowels in the words ejus, hujus, cujus (now normally spelled eius, huius, cuius), and pronounced as a consonant; likewise in such forms as major and pejor. J was also used when the last in a sequence of two or more i's, e.g. radij (now spelled radii) "rays", alijs "to others", iij, the Roman numeral 3; however, ij was for the most part replaced by ii by 1700.

In common with texts in other languages using the Roman alphabet, Latin texts down to c. 1800 used the letter-form ſ (the long s) for s in positions other than at the end of a word; e.g. ipſiſſimus.

The digraphs ae and oe were rarely so written (except when part of a word in all capitals, e.g. in titles, chapter headings, or captions) ; instead the ligatures æ and œ were used, e.g. Cæsar, pœna. More rarely (and usually in 16th to early 17th century texts) the e caudata is found substituting for either.

Diacritics

Three kinds of diacritic were in common use: the acute accent ´, the grave accent `, and the circumflex accent ˆ. These were normally only marked on vowels (e.g. í, è, â); but see below regarding que.

The acute accent marked a stressed syllable, but was usually confined to those where the stress was not in its normal position, as determined by vowel length and syllabic weight. In practice, it was typically found on the vowel in the syllable immediately preceding a final clitic, particularly que "and", ve "or" and ne, a question marker; e.g. idémque "and the same (thing)". By some printers, however, this acute accent was placed over the q in que when that clitic followed, e.g. eorumq́ue "and their". The acute accent fell out of favor by the 19th century.

The grave accent had various uses, none related to pronunciation or stress. It was always found on the preposition à (variant of ab "by" or "from") and likewise on the preposition è (variant of ex "from" or "out of"). It might also be found on the interjection ò "O". Most frequently, it was found on the last (or only) syllable of various adverbs and conjunctions, particularly those that might be confused with prepositions or with inflected forms of nouns, verbs, or adjectives. Examples include certè "certainly", verò "but", primùm "at first", pòst "afterwards", cùm "when", adeò "so far, so much", unà "together", quàm "than". In some texts the grave was found over the clitics such as que, in which case the acute accent did not appear before them.

The circumflex accent represented metrical length (generally not distinctively pronounced in the New Latin period) and was chiefly found over an a, when that represented an ablative singular case, e.g. eâdem formâ "with the same shape". It might also be used to distinguish two words otherwise spelled identically, but distinct in vowel length; e.g. hîc "here" differentiated from hic "this", fugêre "they have fled" (=fūgērunt) distinguished from fugere "to flee", or senatûs "of the senate" distinct from senatus "the senate". It might also be used for vowels arising from contraction, e.g. nôsti for novisti "you know", imperâsse for imperavisse "to have commanded", or dî for dei or dii.

Notable works (1500-1900)

Literature and biography

1511. Stultitiæ Laus, essay by Desiderius Erasmus.

1516. Utopia by Thomas More

1525.&1538. Hispaniola and Emerita, two comedies by Juan Maldonado.

1546. Sintra, a poem by Luisa Sigea de Velasco.

1602. Cenodoxus, a play by Jacob Bidermann.

1608. Parthenica, two books of poetry by Elizabeth Jane Weston.

1621. Argenis, a novel by John Barclay.

1626-1652. Poems by John Milton.

1634. Somnium, a scientific fantasy by Johannes Kepler.

1741. Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum, a satire by Ludvig Holberg.

1761. Slawkenbergii Fabella, short parodic piece in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy.

1767. Apollo et Hyacinthus, intermezzo by Rufinus Widl (with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart).

1835. Georgii Washingtonii, Americæ Septentrionalis Civitatum Fœderatarum Præsidis Primi, Vita, biography of George Washington by Francis Glass.

Scientific works

1543. De Revolutionibus Orbium Cœlestium by Nicolaus Copernicus

1545. Ars Magna by Hieronymus Cardanus

1551-58 and 1587. Historiae animalium by Conrad Gessner.

1600. De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus et de Magno Magnete Tellure by William Gilbert.

1609. Astronomia nova by Johannes Kepler.

1610. Sidereus Nuncius by Galileo Galilei.

1620. Novum Organum by Francis Bacon.

1628. Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus by William Harvey.

1659. Systema Saturnium by Christiaan Huygens.

1673. Horologium Oscillatorium by Christiaan Huygens. Also at Gallica.

1687. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton.

1703. Hortus Malabaricus by Hendrik van Rheede.

1735. Systema Naturae by Carolus Linnaeus.

1737. Mechanica sive motus scientia analytice exposita by Leonhard Euler.

1738. Hydrodynamica, sive de viribus et motibus fluidorum commentarii by Daniel Bernoulli.

1748. Introductio in analysin infinitorum by Leonhard Euler.

1753. Species Plantarum by Carolus Linnaeus.

1758. Systema Naturae (10th ed.) by Carolus Linnaeus.

1801. Disquisitiones Arithmeticae by Carl Gauss.

1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen by Robert Brown.

1840. Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

1864. Philosophia zoologica by Jan van der Hoeven.

Other technical subjects

1511-16. De Orbe Novo Decades by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera.

1514. De Asse et Partibus by Guillaume Budé.

1524. De motu Hispaniæ by Juan Maldonado.

1525. De subventione pauperum sive de humanis necessitatibus libri duo by Juan Luis Vives.

1530. Syphilis, sive, De Morbo Gallico by Girolamo Fracastoro(transcription)

1531. De disciplinis libri XX by Juan Luis Vives.

1552. Colloquium de aulica et privata vivendi ratione by Luisa Sigea de Velasco.

1553. Christianismi Restitutio by Michael Servetus. A mainly theological treatise, where the function of pulmonary circulation was first described by a European, more than half a century before Harvey. For this book Servetus was denounced by Calvin and his followers, condemned by the French Inquisition, and burnt alive just outside of Geneva. Only three copies survived.

1554. De naturæ philosophia seu de Platonis et Aristotelis consensione libri quinque by Sebastián Fox Morcillo.

1582. Rerum Scoticarum Historia by George Buchanan (transcription)

1587. Minerva sive de causis linguæ Latinæ by Francisco Sánchez de las Brozas.

1589. De natura Novi Orbis libri duo et de promulgatione euangelii apud barbaros sive de procuranda Indorum salute by José de Acosta.

1597. Disputationes metaphysicæ by Francisco Suárez.

1599. De rege et regis institutione by Juan de Mariana.

1604-1608. Historia sui temporis by Jacobus Augustus Thuanus.

1612. De legibus by Francisco Suárez.

1625. De Jure Belli ac Pacis by Hugo Grotius. (Posner Collection facsimile; Gallica facsimile)

1641. Meditationes de prima philosophia by René Descartes. (The Latin, French and English by John Veitch.)

1642-1658. Elementa Philosophica by Thomas Hobbes.

1657. Orbis Sensualium Pictus by John Amos Comenius. (Hoole parallel Latin/English translation, 1777; Online version in Latin)

1670. Tractatus Theologico-Politicus by Baruch Spinoza.

1725. Gradus ad Parnassum by Johann Joseph Fux. An influential treatise on musical counterpoint.

1780. De rebus gestis Caroli V Imperatoris et Regis Hispaniæ and De rebus Hispanorum gestis ad Novum Orbem Mexicumque by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.

Footnotes

See also

Binomial nomenclature

Classical compound

References

IJsewijn, Jozef with Dirk Sacré. Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. 2 vols. Leuven University Press, 1990-1998.

Waquet, Françoise, Latin, or the Empire of a Sign: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (Verso, 2003) ISBN 1-85984-402-2; translated from the French by John Howe.

External links

An Analytic Bibliography of On-line Neo-Latin Titles — Bibliography of Renaissance Latin and Neo-Latin literature on the web.

A Lost Continent of Literature: The rise and fall of Neo-Latin, the universal language of the Renaissance. — An essay on Neo-Latin literature by James Hankins from the I Tatti Renaissance Library website.

American Association for Neo-Latin Studies

Latin Abbreviations used in modern language.

CAMENA – Latin Texts of Early Modern Europe

Center for Neo-Latin Studies at University College Cork

Database of Nordic Neo-Latin Literature

Heinsius collection: Dutch Neo-Latin poetry

Glossary of Latin Roots of Botanical Terms

International Association for Neo-Latin Studies

Latinitas Nova at Bibliotheca Augustana

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Name	Justin Bieber
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Justin Drew Bieber
Born	March 01, 1994 trumpet
Occupation	Singer–songwriter, musician, actor
Years active	2009–present
Label	Island, RBMG
Associated acts	Usher
Url	justinbiebermusic.com

Justin Drew Bieber

His debut single, "One Time", released worldwide in 2009, charted in the top 30 in over ten countries. His debut release, My World, followed on November 17, 2009, and was eventually certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B; songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew. Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette. Mallette was reluctant; she remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label!" However, after praying with her church elders and receiving their encouragement, she permitted Braun to fly Bieber, then 13, to Atlanta, Georgia, to record demo tapes. A week after arriving, Bieber sang for R&B; singer/songwriter Usher. Justin Timberlake was also reportedly in the running to sign Bieber, but lost the bidding war to Usher. At that point, Bieber and his mother moved to Atlanta, also the home of Usher and Braun, to base his career. Braun became Bieber's manager.

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. During fall 2009 it had success in international markets. The song was certified Platinum in Canada and the US and Gold in Australia and New Zealand. "One Less Lonely Girl" was later also released to radio and peaked within the top fifteen in Canada and the U.S., being certified Gold in the latter. My World was eventually certified Platinum in the US and Double Platinum in both Canada and the UK. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received "generally favorable reviews". and reached the top ten of fifteen other countries. Braun recognized the appeal. Prior to flying him to Atlanta, Braun wanted to "build him up more on YouTube first" and had Bieber record more home videos for the channel. "I said: 'Justin, sing like there’s no one in the room. But let's not use expensive cameras.' We'll give it to kids, let them do the work, so that they feel like it's theirs," recalled Braun. Bieber continues to upload videos to the same channel and has opened a Twitter account, from which he interacts with fans regularly; his account was reported in November 2010 to have over 6 million followers. After signing Bieber, Usher appointed one of his former assistants, Ryan Good, to be Bieber's road manager and stylist. Good, once nicknamed Bieber's "swagger coach", created a "streetwise look" for the singer which consisted of baseball caps, hoodies, dog chains and flashy sneakers. Amy Kaufman of The Los Angeles Times comments, "Though a product of a middle-class suburban upbringing in Stratford, Ontario, Bieber's manner of dress and speech ("Wassup man, how you doin'?" or "It's like, you know, whateva' ") suggest he's mimicking his favorite rappers." and has been labeled a "teen hearthrob". James Roppo pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Most notable was the campaign to send Bieber to North Korea as part of his world tour (entitled My World Tour). This was carried out in part by 4chan, digg, and reddit users voting for the country on the tour's website, for the free competition to nominate a bonus country for the tour—the second-placed country being Israel, which presumably was voted for by Israelis genuinely wishing to attend the concert. It is highly unlikely that Bieber would actually have been given permission by the North Korean government, or concert organizers and management, to enter the country. Universal Music Group has denied any involvement in a poll that became the target of an online prank. A spokesperson for UMG told BBC News that it was a "hoax" but declined to give any further comment. Nick Collins of The Daily Telegraph speculated that "Bieber's character also appears to strike a particularly sour note with his Internet critics, with many remarks commenting on his youthful appearance, his teen-pop songs, his image as a heart-throb to young teenage girls and his manner of speech".

Discography

My World 2.0 (2010)

Tours

Urban Behavior Tour (2009)

My World Tour (2010–11)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Justin Bieber at YouTube

Justin Bieber at Twitter

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Name	Marc Anthony
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Marco Antonio Muñiz
Born	September 16, 1969 New York City
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Latin, salsa, pop, Latin pop, dance-pop, freestyle (early)
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, actor
Years active	1991–present
Label	RMM Records & Video, Columbia, Sony Music Latin
Url	www.marcanthonyonline.com

Marc Anthony (born Marco Antonio Muñiz; September 16, 1969) is a Puerto Rican-American musician, singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy-winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads.

Anthony has won numerous awards and his achievements have been honored through various recognitions. He was the recipient of the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Chair's Award. He also received the "2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award" on September 16, 2009.

Anthony is a minority owner/limited partner of the Miami Dolphins NFL team.

Biography

Personal life

Anthony was born Marco Antonio Muñiz in New York City, to Guillermina, a housewife, and Felipe Muñiz, a musician and hospital lunchroom worker. His parents are Puerto Rican and named him after Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz. He was raised Roman Catholic.

Dayanara Torres

Anthony married former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres on May 9, 2000 in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Cristian Marcus Muñiz (February 5, 2001) and Ryan Adrian Muñiz (August 16, 2003). It was a rocky marriage, and they separated in early 2002. They later reconciled and renewed their vows in a ceremony held in Puerto Rico in December 2002.

Jennifer Lopez

When his divorce proceedings began, Anthony was spotted with long-time friend Jennifer Lopez. Prior to his first marriage and her second, they had briefly dated. Lopez and Anthony recorded a duet in 2004, for Lopez's film Shall We Dance? Lopez and Anthony married on June 5, 2004, less than a week after his divorce was finalized on June 1. Guests had been invited to an "afternoon party", unaware they were attending a wedding. In February 2005, Lopez said about the marriage, "Everyone knows. It's not a secret." Months later, Anthony's daughter, Arianna, appeared Lopez's "Get Right".

Twins Emme Maribel Muñiz and Maximillian David Muñiz were born February 22, 2008. People paid $6 million for the first photos of the twins. As of at least January 2008, Anthony and his family reside in Brookville, New York, on Long Island.

In 2009, Anthony and Lopez purchased a stake in the Miami Dolphins. They joined several personalities in buying small stakes in the club, including Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Venus and Serena Williams.

Singing career

Marc Anthony began his career as a session vocalist for Freestyle music and Underground New York House music acts. After changing his name to avoid confusion with his namesake, Anthony worked as a songwriter and backing vocalist for pop acts including Menudo and the Latin Rascals. His first album was a Freestyle music record, "Rebel", in 1988 on Bluedog Records. That same year he wrote and produced "Boy I've Been Told" for fellow Freestyle artist Sa-Fire. Then in 1989, he sang backup vocals for Ann-Marie, another fellow Freestyle artist on the Freestyle club hit, "With or Without You" produced by Little Louie Vega and Todd Terry. A year later, 1990, with Little Louie Vega and Todd Terry, Marc wrote and whispered a duet with Freestyle artist Chrissy I-eece, called "You Should Know By Now". In 1991, he sang backing vocals for another Freestyle track by the artist Edmond titled "Come Back To Me". In 1992, still working with Todd Terry, he provided vocals for the Freestyle cut "Love Change" which is on the flip-side of a 12" vinyl released by Elan and The Powermachine titled "Here's Your Hat", production of Todd Terry. At the same time, he collaborated with his other Freestyle music producer Little Louie Vega, who featured the singer on many another Freestyle-flavored club hit "Ride On The Rhythm" and "When The Night Is Over" album, which featured the Freestyle classic "Time". In 1992, Vega and Anthony opened for Latin bandleader Tito Puente at New York's Madison Square Garden. After 1992, he changed his style from Freestyle music to salsa and other Spanish music.

The RMM Years

Otra Nota (1993) Anthony was initially reluctant to become a salsa musician and declined an offer to make an salsa album when Ralph Mercado, president of RMM Records, asked him. Anthony was in a taxi when he heard Juan Gabriel's hit song, "Hasta Que Te Conocí" which influenced him to change his mind and ask Mercado if he could record it in salsa. Inspired by the music of Tito Puente, Rubén Blades and Juan Gabriel, Anthony released his Spanish-language debut, Otra nota, in 1993. Anthony performed at the Radio y Musica Convention hosted by Alfredo Alonso. "Si Tu No Te Fueras", "El Ultimo Beso", "Palabras Del Alma", The album also included a cover of Bread's song, "Make It with You". Subsequent tours throughout the Americas, including an opening slot for Blades, established Anthony as one of the new stars in salsa. In 1994, he was featured in La India's album Dicen Que Soy, in the song "Vivir Lo Nuestro".

Todo A Su Tiempo (1995)

His 1995 follow-up, Todo a su tiempo, has won Anthony a Billboard award for Hot Tropical Artist of the Year. The album was also nominated for a Grammy with songs like "Te Conozco Bien", "Hasta Ayer", "Nadie Como Ella", "Se Me Sigue Olvidando", "Te Amare", and "Llegaste A Mi". The album has sold more than 800,000 copies and has became established gold in the US and in Puerto Rico.

Contra la Corriente (1997)

In the November 1997, Anthony's more traditional-sounding follow-up, Contra la Corriente, was promoted by a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden and won the 1999 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance. The album's notable songs include "Y Hubo Alguien", which became his first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks Chart and the first by a salsa musician, "Contra La Corriente", "No Me Conoces", which the video features his then-friend Jennifer Lopez, who he went on to marry in 2004, "Me Voy A Regalar", and "No Sabes Como Duele". This album was the first salsa album in history to enter the Billboard 200 chart. After an ongoing battle with Mercado and RMM, the indie record company that Anthony has signed to begin with, he no longer wanted any business with Ralph Mercado, and he left RMM in 1999.

A move to Sony

Anthony subsequently recorded the duet "No Me Ames", with Jennifer Lopez on her album On the 6.

Marc Anthony (1999) In 1999, attempting to emulate the crossover success of Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Selena and Ricky Martin in the anglophone market, Anthony, working with top producers, Walter Afanasieff, Cory Rooney, Dan Shea, and Rodney Jerkins, released an English-language Latin Pop self titled album with the US Top 5 hit single "I Need to Know", and the Spanish version "Dímelo". Other hits include "When I Dream At Night" and "My Baby You". His song "You Sang To Me", was featured in Runaway Bride. The successful dance version was re-mixed by Dutch producer Rene Van Verseveld. The foray was considered a mixed success, partly because it alienated his traditional salsa fans, though "Da La Vuelta" (not a Spanish version of any of the songs) was a salsa song and was a hit. Another note is that the song "That's Okay" has more of a salsa tune than pop.

Libre (2001) In 2001, he debuted another salsa album known as Libre and was certified gold with songs like "Celos", "Este Loco Que Te Mira", and "Viviendo". "Barco A La Deriva", another hit in Libre, was previously performed by Venezuelan singer and actor Guillermo Dávila. The album spent 14 weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.

Mended (2002) The year after that, he made another English-language album called Mended which included smash hit "I've Got You", the Spanish version "Te Tengo Aquí", "I Need You" (the Spanish version of which, "Me Haces Falta", was written by Mexican star Thalía), "Tragedy", "Love Won't Get Any Better", and "She Mends Me". Like his self-titled Marc Anthony album, it received mixed reviews, though slightly lower.

Amar Sin Mentiras and Valio la Pena (2004) In June 2004 he released a Latin Pop album Amar Sin Mentiras. On July 2004, he converted those songs to salsa in another album, Valio La Pena and included the traditional "Lamento Boricano" that was composed by Rafael Hernández. Notable songs of both albums include "Ahora Quien", "Escapémonos" with Jennifer Lopez, "Valió La Pena", "Se Esfuma Tu Amor", and "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien". In the Latin Grammy Awards 2005, his Amar Sin Mentiras won best Latin Pop Album of The Year and his Valió La Pena won Best Tropical Album of The Year. Lopez and Anthony performed "Escapémonos" at the 2005 Grammy Awards.

Sigo Siendo Yo (2006)

On July 11, 2006 Anthony released "Sigo Siendo Yo", a Spanish greatest-hits album. "Que Precio Tiene El Cielo" was the 1st single salsa song and "Lo Que No Di" as a Latin pop song.

Iconos (2010)

The album features covers of old Latin songs by artists such as Jose Luis Perales, Juan Gabriel and José José.

Acting career

Anthony appeared alongside Rubén Blades, Renoly Santiago and Latin Pop singer Ednita Nazario in Paul Simon's 1998 stage musical, The Capeman, which was unsuccessful and ran for only 68 performances.

Anthony has also appeared in a few motion pictures including the 1995 film Hackers, 1996's Big Night, Martin Scorsese's 1999 film Bringing Out the Dead, and Tony Scott's 2004 film Man on Fire.

Anthony stars as Héctor Lavoe in El Cantante along with his wife (who acts as Lavoe's wife in the film) which was released in August 2007. It opened to poor box office performance and the film, as well as Anthony's acting, received dismal reviews

Appearances

He appeared at the Movies Rock concert along with his wife Jennifer Lopez in 2007 where he performed Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson".

Anthony sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" when Oscar De La Hoya fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the WBC Welterweight title.

On September 21, 2001 he also sang the national anthem at Shea Stadium in the first game after the attack on the World Trade Center. On September 28, 2008, he sang the national anthem again at Shea Stadium for the New York Mets final regular season game. Also in 2001 he appeared in the 30th anniversary concert celebration 30 years of Michael Jackson's music.

On October 12, 2009, Anthony sang the national anthem as the Miami Dolphins played their fifth regular season game against the New York Jets.

In 2010, Anthony appeared alongside Pitbull on the Cypress Hill single "Armada Latina" for their latest album, Rise Up.

On June 25, 2010, Anthony performed as part of a tribute concert to Michael Jackson on CBS News' The Early Show.

In August, 2010, Anthony guest-starred in two episodes of the television series HawthoRNe as Detective Nick Renata.

On November 11, 2010 Anthony performed his cover of "Y Como Es El" along with the original singer José Luis Perales at the Latin Grammys.

Discography

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Studio albums

1991: When the Night is Over

1993: Otra Nota

1995: Todo a Su Tiempo

1997: Contra la Corriente

1999: Marc Anthony

2001: Libre

2002: Mended

2004: Amar Sin Mentiras

2004: Valió la Pena

2007: El Cantante

2010: Iconos

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

|- | || "Todo a Su Tiempo" || Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album || |- | || "Contra La Corriente" || Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album || |- | || "I Need To Know" || Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance || |- | || "You Sang to Me" || Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance || |- | || "Amar Sin Mentiras" || Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album ||

Latin Grammy Awards

|- | 2000 || "Dímelo" || Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year || |- | 2000 || "Dímelo" || Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year || |- | 2000 || "Dímelo" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male || |- | 2000 || "No Me Ames" (featuring Jennifer Lopez)|| Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group || |- | 2000 || "Da la Vuelta"|| Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song || |- | 2000 || "No Me Ames" (featuring Jennifer Lopez)|| Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video || |- |2002 || "Libre" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album || |- |2005 || "Amar Sin Mentiras" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male || |- |2005 || "Valió La Pena" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album || |- |2005 || "Valió La Pena" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song || |- |2008 || "El Cantante" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album || |- |2010 || "Iconos" || Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Male || |-

Billboard Latin Music Awards

|- |1994|| Marc Anthony || Tropical/Salsa New Artist of the Year || |- |rowspan="2"| 1996 || "Todo a Su Tiempo" || Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year, Male || |- | "Te Conozco Bien" || Tropical/Salsa Hot Latin Track of the Year || |- |rowspan="2"| 1998 || "Contra La Corriente" || Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year, Male || |- | "Y Hubo Alguien" || Tropical/Salsa Hot Latin Track of the Year || |- |rowspan="3"|2000 ||"No Me Ames" (featuring Jennifer Lopez) || Tropical/Salsa Track of the Year || |- | "No Me Ames" (with Jennifer Lopez) || Hot Latin Track of the Year || |- | "No Me Ames" (with Jennifer Lopez) || Hot Latin Track of the Year Vocal Duo || |- |rowspan="2"|2002 ||"Marc Anthony" || Top Latin albums artist of the year || |- | "Libre" || Tropical/salsa album of the year, male || |- |2003 ||"Viviendo" || Tropical/Salsa Airplay Track of the Year, Male || |- |2005 ||"Marc Anthony" || Telemundo Star Award || |- |rowspan="2"|2006 ||"Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" || Tropical Airplay Song of the Year - Male|| |- | "Marc Anthony, Chayanne, and Alejandro Fernandez" || Latin Tour of the Year|| |- |rowspan="2"|2007 ||"Que Precio Tiene el Cielo" || Tropical Airplay Song of the Year - Male|| |- | "Sigo Siendo Yo (Grandes Exitos)" || Latin Greatest Hits Album of the Year|| |- |rowspan="2"|2008 ||"El Cantante" || Tropical Album of the Year - Male|| |- | "Mi Gente" || Tropical Airplay Song of the Year||

Lo Nuestro Awards

|- | 1994 || "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - New Artist of the Year || |- | 1996 || "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Best Male Artist || |- |rowspan="2"|1997 || "Todo a su Tiempo" || Tropical - Album of the Year || |- | "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Masculine Artist || |- |1998 || "Y Hubo Alguien" || Tropical - Song of the Year || |- |rowspan="2"|2001 || "Marc Anthony" || Pop - Best Male Artist || |- | "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Best Male Artist || |- |rowspan="4"|2003 || "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Best Male Artist || |- |"Viviendo" || Tropical Song of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Best Salsa Performance || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Popular Tropical Artist || |- |rowspan="3"|2004 || "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Best Male Artist || |- |"Barco a la Dervia" || Tropical Song of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Best Salsa Performance || |- |rowspan="5"|2005 || "Valió la Pena" || Tropical - Album of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Male Artist of the Year || |- |"Ahora Quién" || Tropical - Song of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year || |- |"Ahora Quién" || Video of the Year || |- |rowspan="4"|2007 || "Sigo Siendo Yo (Grandes Exitos)" || Tropical - Album of the Year || |- |"Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" || Tropical - Song of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Salsa Artist of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Male Artist of the Year || |- |rowspan="2"|2008 || "Marc Anthony ||Tropical - Male Artist of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Salsa Artist of the Year || |- |rowspan="2"|2009 || "Marc Anthony" || Tropical - Male Artist of the Year || |- |"Marc Anthony" || Salsa Artist of the Year || |- |2010 || "Recuérdame (featuring La Quinta Estacion)|| Video of the Year ||

See also

List of famous Puerto Ricans

List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links

Official Website

Marc Anthony at Billboard.com

Official Myspace Page

Official Fanclub

MundoMarc.com - El Mundo de Marc y de aquellos que viven escuchándolo (Spanish Site)

MarcAnthonyFans.com, another fan club

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Name	Jim Jonsin
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	James Scheffer
Origin	Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Instruments	Keyboard
Genre	Hip hop, alternative rock, pop
Label	Rebel Rock Entertainment
Associated acts	Lil Wayne, Slim Thug, Rico Love, Nelly, Beyoncé Knowles, Eminem, Mike Jones, Pitbull, T.I., Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Flo Rida, Usher, Yelawolf, N-Dubz
Occupation	Record producer, songwriter
Years active	2004-present

James Scheffer, better known as Jim Jonsin, is an American record producer and songwriter from Palm Beach, Florida.

Career

James "Jim Jonsin" Scheffer originally started out in the late 80's as "DJ Jealous J". In the mid 90's, Jim Jonsin founded a muti-million dollar record label "Paper Chasers" with local legendary rappers "White Dawg" and "32oz." He is currently a co-publisher with EMI Music Publishing, the world's leading publisher of popular music. Additionally, he is signed to the management company Made Communication in Miami, Florida.

Jonsin has produced hits such as "Whatever You Like" by T.I., "There Goes My Baby" by Usher, "Kiss Me Thru the Phone" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne, "Erase Me" by Kid Cudi and "Just a Dream" by Nelly. He is also the founder of his label Rebel Rock Entertainment and racing team Rebel Rock Racing.

Discography

Awards

In 2010, Jim Jonsin won the 2010 BMI Pop Award for his his work on "Whatever You Like" at the 58th Annual BMI Pop Awards. In 2009, Jonsin won BMI Songwriter of the Year for his work on "Show Stopper", "Your Body", and "Grind with Me" at the 6th Annual Urban Awards Ceremony. Later on in that year, he would also be named Billboard's #3 Hot Producer of 2009.

Additionally, Jonsin produced three tracks on Beyoncé's Grammy Award winning album, I Am... Sasha Fierce, including the radio smash "Sweet Dreams".

References

External links

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Name	Fito Blanko
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Roberto E. Testa
Born
Origin	Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo
Genre	Reggaeton
Occupation	Singer, Rapper
Years active	2003-Present
Label	INDEPENDENT
Url	Fito Blanko's MySpace

Fito Blanko (born Roberto E. Testa) is a Dominican reggaeton artist.

Biography

At a young age, Fito Blanko immigrated to Canada from Panama. He went to John Cabot Catholic Secondary School, and by the age of 14, he started writing lyrics in English and Spanish. Fito released his debut album Higher Level in 2004 produced by Sensei. Higher Level produced two singles, "Me Voy a Marchar" and "By My Side". In 2006 and 2007, Fito collaborated with artists Rochester aka Juice, Bishop Brigante and D'Hitman. Most notably, he is featured on Darryl Riley's new single "Tear It Up" which also features Beenie Man. In 2007, Fito Blanko as well released the singles "Change The Game" featuring Tef and "Boom Boom". In 2009 Fito Blanko releases "Mambo" featuring Drake (entertainer).In 2010 Fito Blanko releases three singles "Dip Low", "Whine On You" Featuring Omari Ferrari, and "Tu Amiga Esta Mejor" featuring Mr.Saik prod. by Sensei and released under CROWN LOYALTY ENTERTAINMENT available on itunes and expected to be on Fito Blanko's next album "First Class".

Discography

Albums

Singles

{| class="wikitable" !align="center" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|Song !align="left" valign="top"|Album |- |align="center" valign="top"|2004 |align="left" valign="top"|By My Side (featuring Bliz) |align="left" valign="top"|Higher Level |- |align="center" valign="top"|2004 |align="left" valign="top"|Me Voy A Marchar |align="left" valign="top"|Higher Level |- |align="center" valign="top"|2004 |align="left" valign="top"|Sobeteo |align="left" valign="top"|Higher Level |- |align="center" valign="top"|2004 |align="left" valign="top"|Fronteo (featuring Trivales) |align="left" valign="top"|Higher Level |- |align="center" valign="top"|2004 |align="left" valign="top"|Take Her Home |align="left" valign="top"|Higher Level |- |align="center" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|Cambia El Juego/Change The Game (featuring Tef) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|Watch You Flex (featuring Rochester aka Juice) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|Fuego (featuring Bishop Brigante) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|Boom Boom |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|Dos Salidas De Emergencia Sensei (Remix) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2006 |align="left" valign="top"|Sexy Love (Remix) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2007 |align="left" valign="top"|Caile Sensei (Remix) (featuring Rochester aka Juice) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2007 |align="left" valign="top"|Pretty Gurl (featuring D'Hitman) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2007 |align="left" valign="top"|No Te Quiere (Remix) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2009 |align="left" valign="top"|Mambo (Featuring Drake) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2009 |align="left" valign="top"|[Superstar Parang] D Big Rich Pelau (feat. Various Trinidad Artist) |align="left" valign="top"| |- |align="center" valign="top"|2010 |align="left" valign="top"|Dip Low |align="left" valign="top"|First Class |- |align="center" valign="top"|2010 |align="left" valign="top"|Whine On You (Featuring Omari Ferrari) |align="left" valign="top"|First Class |- |align="center" valign="top"|2010 |align="left" valign="top"|Tu Amiga Esta Mejor (Featuring Mr.Saik) |align="left" valign="top"|First Class

References

External links

Fito Blanko on MySpace

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Name	Alex Reymundo
Birth place	Acapulco, Mexico
Medium	Stand-up comedy, television, film
Genre	Comedy
Subject	Mexican American culture, race relations, human sexuality, family, friends, everyday life
Website	AlexReymundo.com

Alex Reymundo is a Mexican-American comedian and actor, who was featured on the 2007 ALMA Awards.

He was born in Acapulco, Mexico, until he and his family moved to the United States. He lived in Kentucky for seven years. Alex is currently married and has 2 children, 1 boy and 1 girl. He refers to them as his "little hick - spanics" because their mother's side of the family is from Kentucky.

Alex had a one-hour special that aired on Comedy Central in 2007 called Alex Reymundo Hick-Spanic: Live in Alburquerque. He was also featured in the Showtime and Comedy Central special The Original Latin Kings of Comedy along with other Latin comedians such as George Lopez and Paul Rodriguez. Alex received his first ALMA Award in 2008 for "Outstanding Comedy Special" for his one hour comedy special "Alex Reymundo Hick-Spanic, Live in Alburquerque." He is currently opening up for fellow comedian (and brother-in-law) Ron White on his tour.

Filmography

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Film ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- | 2002 | The Movement | Officer Torez | TV Movie |- | 2003 | El matador | Juan Carlos, Sr. | |- | 2007 | Permanent Vacation | Alex Garcia | |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- | 2010 | Latino 101 | Himself | |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Video games |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- | 2006 | Cars | Unknown Role | voice |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Stand up |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- | 2007 | Hick-Spanic: Live in Albuquerque | Himself | |- | 2010 | Red-Nexican | Himself | |}

References

External links

Biography at abclocal.go.com

Payaso Entertainment Website

Myspacetv.com

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