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Nicky Jam is one of the most influential artists in music today. The famous recently opened up to detail his beginnings in the music industry, how he worked with Daddy Yankee , the sacrifices behind some of his greatest successes, the mistakes he made that resulted in the fall of his career and how he made a return to the stage, among other details.
The interpreter is part of the series of biographical videos My Story of Amazon Music LAT! N that focuses gives you voice to our Latin artists.
“ The past marks your present, the foundations come from your house ”, says Nicky Jam. “ When I moved to Puerto Rico, one day in the community center there was a party and I started singing, people went crazy and it was like love at first sight. I started making my album without having a clue. Then Daddy Yankee signed me as an artist, and there was a time when the genre in Puerto Rico was censored. Together we wrote a song and he mentioned Los Cangris, that was the brand and many successes came from there, it was a combination of looks and fury. I got off the road for a couple of years with vices and street problems. Until one day they called me in Colombia for an event with several colleagues, there were many people in the hotel and when I went to the event I realized that people were there supporting me. I decided to stay and did five # 1 songs in Colombia, and then more than 20 world songs. ”
This episode is very special for Nicky Jam, as it highlights the mistakes that have made him grow up and be the person he is today.
“ I want people to understand the reason why I am so graphic showing my past , it is because that is my legacy, those mistakes that that young man from 20 years, they made this gentleman of 40 years. Thanks to that rebellious child there is a legacy, there is a message for the world, and that was the sacrifice and that is my testimony and I would do it again “, details Nicky Jam in My Story.