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To better understand Reggaeton you need to be familiar with artist the artist and were they come from. Just like Hip-hop most artists come from the streets. Back in the early 90’s young men and women began using music as a way to express themselves when no one else in society would listen. OG Black who is Dominican and Master Joe who is Puerto Rican began their careers at the age of 14 in 1993. “We’ve been part since the beginning and that’s why we came up with the album “Los K-Becillas” so that people could know that we were part of starting this movement. When asked about the origins of their names O.G. Black said “Well I don’t know if you noticed the black on me,” with a chuckle“ ‘O.G.’ comes from the Hip-hop world for “Original Gangster.” “Well, I got the opportunity to live in New York for 5 years and noticed Hip-hop artists liked to abbreviate their names, recalls Master Joe. “My real name is Joel and called me Joe and I came up with Master Joe because I liked how it sounded.” “We started at the age of 14, when this started there was no saying that this was going to be something big. We would just do it because we loved music, O.G. Black and Master Joe explain to Reggaetonline’s Eddie ‘Nino Brown’ Rosas. “We united in Puerto Rico Cazerillo (slang Spanish term meaning Projects or Hood) and that’s when the first CD was born, “Playero 37”, which featured artist such as Daddy Yankee. It was just made for all the local kids in the hoods and just to have something to play i

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