De La Ghetto

For duo he formed with Arcángel, see Arcángel & De La Ghetto.

De La Ghetto
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Born	Rafael Castillo (1984-09-17) September 17, 1984 New York, U.S.
Residence	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality	American
Other names	El Jefe Del Bloque The Boss Of The Block El Jefe De La Versatilidad De La Geezy
Citizenship	Dominican Puerto Rican
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2004–present
Musical career
Genres	Reggaeton
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Masacre Musical Inc., Fight Klub Nation, Sony, Def Jam
Associated acts	Arcángel Jowell & Randy Zion & Lennox Juelz Santana Alliance

Rafael Castillo (born September 17, 1984), better known by his stage name De La Ghetto, is an American reggaeton singer-songwriter originally of the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto.

Biography

Rafael was born in New York and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was born to a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother. In 2004, he collaborated with reggaeton artist Arcángel (born Austin Santos) to form the duo Arcángel & De la Ghetto; the group debuted with the single "Pégate", which was featured on Naldo's mixtape Sangre Nueva in 2005. He along with Arcángel signed to Zion's label Baby Records, and have appeared on numerous reggaeton albums including the compilation Mas Flow: Los Benjamins. In 2006, De la Ghetto began his solo career and appeared the next year on two hit singles, the remix of "Siente el Boom" by Tito el Bambino and a collaboration with Randy, "Sensación del Bloque". De la Ghetto's solo debut album which has been watched on YouTube over 26 million times. Masacre Musical was released in 2008. Masacre Musical peaked at #46 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the U.S.; its single "Tu te Imaginas" peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.

Discography

Albums

• 2009: Masacre Musical
• 2013: Geezy Boyz: The Album

Mixtapes

• The Boss Of The Block (2007)
• The Boss Of The Block Vol. 2 (2007)
• Masacre Musical Mixtape (2007)
• Masacre Musical Presents: El Movimiento (2008)
• Masacre Musical Presents: El Movimiento Vol. II (2010)

Singles

Year	Title	peak chart positions		Album
		U.S. Latin	U.S. Latin
2008	"Es Difícil"	42	—	Masacre Musical
2009	"Tu Te Imaginas"	33	—
	"Come Out and See" (featuring Mavado)	—	—
	"Lover (Remix)" (featuring Juelz Santana)	—	—
	"Momento Que Te Vi"	—	—
	"Stripper Pole" (featuring J-Merk)	—	—	Masacre Musical Presents: El Movimiento Vol. II
2010	"Tapu Tapu" (With Jowell & Randy)	—	—	El Jefe De La Versatilidad
	"Nocturno"	—	—
	"Jala Gatillo"	—	—
	"Tumbao" (feat. Yandel)	—	—
	"La Reunion De Los Vaqueros" (With Wisin & Yandel,Franco "El Gorilla", Tego Calderón, Cosculluela)	—	—	La Revolución Live Vol. 1
	"De La Calle" (featuring Ivy Queen)	—	—	Drama Queen
	"Tu Y Yo"	—	—	Mi Movimiento

As featured artist

Year	Title	Chart Positions	Album
		U.S. Latin
2007	"Aparentemente" (Yaga & Mackie featuring Arcángel & De La Ghetto)	42	La Reunión Callejero Flow
2010	"Mala Conducta (remix)" (Alexis & Fido featuring Franco "El Gorilla", Arcángel & De La Ghetto)	—	Perreologia
2010	"Tu Me Robaste El Corazon (Remix)" (featuring Fidel Nadal)	—	Mi Movimiento
2012	"El Jefe" (Los Vagos featuring De La Ghetto)	—	"Vida Acelerada"
2012	"Actúa (remix)" (J Alvarez featuring Zion & De La Ghetto)	—	Imperio Nazza: J Alvarez Edition
2013	"No es una gial" (Farruko featuring De La Ghetto)	—	Imperio Nazza: Farruko Edition
2014	"Si tú no Estás" (Nicky Jam featuring De La Ghetto)	—
2015	"Nadie Como Yo" (J Alvarez featuring De La Ghetto)

|2015 |"Bailen" (Franco El Gorila featuring De La Ghetto) |- |}

Trivia

De La Ghetto took his stage name from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode Def Poet's Society, where the character played by Will Smith makes up a poem to impress a girl, and says it was written by a poet named "Rafael, De La Ghetto", since his real first name is Rafael his friends decided to call him "De La Ghetto" from that day on.

External links

• De La Ghetto discography at Discogs
• De La Ghetto discography at MusicBrainz
• De La Ghetto at MTV