Grammy winning singer Marc Anthony was handpicked by the producers of “El Cantante” to play legendary salsa king Héctor Lavoe and according to one of his costars — Manny Perez — the 38-year-old ...
In Hollywood, you often hear of passion projects — movies that nobody in their right mind should try to produce, yet a handful of stubborn filmmakers do it anyway. El Cantante, starring Marc Anthony ...
The Colombian singer performed a candid rendition of a salsa classic with his own "El Cantante del Ghetto." By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, Billboard Español Colombian singer/rapper Ryan Castro ...
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Héctor Lavoe, whose full name was Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, was a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. He was born on September 30, 1946, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and passed away on June 29, 1993, in ...
Thanks to a new 50th-anniversary reissue, Willie Colón and Hector Lavoe's Cosa Nuestra debuts at No. 3 on the Tropical Albums chart (dated Oct… By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & ...
For Héctor Lavoe’s biographer, what’s more relevant about the salsa superstar’s life is precisely what’s not in the book. Marc Shapiro’s “Passion and Pain” (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.95) is a ...
MIAMI (Billboard) - When Marc Anthony was a young, up-and-coming singer with long, flowing hair, his friend DJ/producer "Little" Louie Vega took him to meet Hector Lavoe, the legendary salsa singer.