Rakim Y Ken-Y

Rakim (José Nieves Jaime) y Ken-Y (Kenny Vázqués Felíx) won the El Draft 2005 in New York.







Rakim y Ken-Y hail both from Gurabo, Puerto Rico,Ken-Y was born on September,7 1986 and have turned into one of the most recognized duos in Reggaeton. By the time they debuted in the compilation album "Warriors 4" many established duos in Puerto Rico had already dismantled, including Héctor y Tito, Baby Rasta y Gringo and Karel y Voltio.

Their debut song was not a hit, but they were quickly compared to the more famous Zion y Lennox, refering to the way that one of them sings and the other raps. Their first label was The Money Machine which was owned by veteran Notty Play. That year they also appeared on Ban2 Korrupto which was released by their label. They kept making more appearances like on "The Noise Live" but were still virtually unknown. The duo released a mixtape entitled "Los Reyes del Mambo". This mixtape, produced completely by Ken-Y, caught the attention of Nicky Jam, who presented it to Raphy Pina, owner of the Pina Records label. Raphy liked the mixtape so much that he wanted the rookie duo in his label, after their contract with Money Machine was fulfilled, he convinced them to sign with Pina Records. Their first appearance with the label was in the compilation album "Pina All - Stars 2", which was a collection of many hit songs released by Pina Records artists. Raphy used this cd to release new songs by Rakim y Ken-Y to the public. At the time of the release, the Nicky Jam album "Vida Escante" was also released, on this album the duo recorded a song (Me Estoy Muriendo) in which Nicky Jam introduced them as the new members of Pina Records. They also had a song with Nicky Jam entitled "Pasado", which originally came out in their mixtape, but Nicky liked it so much he wanted a version with him for his cd.[citation needed]Don Omar, a former member of Pina Records, was preparing to release a cd he was executive producer of entitled "Los Bandoleros." Omar invited all his former labelmates from Pina Records to record for the album, including Lito, Nicky Jam, Polaco and Rakim y Ken-Y. The duo's contribution to the Don Omar album, entitled "Si la Vez", helped mold the group into a more mainstream attraction. Boy Wonder, producer of the CD/DVD Chosen Few El Documental and Chencho, of the popular but controversial duo Plan B, were producing a CD entitled "El Draft" del reggaeton which provided up and coming artists a shot at recognition. Fans were given the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists, and Rakim y Ken-Y won the competition Raphy Pina announced that Masterpiece, their upcoming album, would be released. However, things took a bad turn though when someone broke in the Pina Records studio and destroyed everything. All the work they had put on the cd was lost. Instead of moping around however, they quickly resumed work right away at a rented studio but the release date had to be pushed back, which conveniently ended up being Valentine's Day. Finally, after much anticipation and hard work, Masterpiece was released, debuting at #3 in the Latin Billboards, behind only Marc Anthony's "Sigo siendo yo." Their single "Down" debuted at #1.. On August 18, the duo had their first concert in a sold-out Choliseo. Currently, they are working on a Pina Records compilation album titled "Los Magnificos" (Was Released on February 14)



Facts:

in the begin kenny had a job in the MCDonalds selling hamburgers and rakim had a job as pizzaboy and then rakim camed whit a contract and asked ken-y to join so that was the begin.

Kenny has a daughter of 4 years old and is also DJ

y Rakim has 2 cute sons