ANTHONY LEON/NENE DEL BARRIO

Anthony León “El Nene Del Barrio” was born in the heart of New York City. It was a great time for salsa. Every week there were different shows and concerts to attend. It was no coincidence that at the age of Five, Anthony was all ready singing his heart out. While singing the Puerto Rican national anthem he was approached by the legend Hector Lavoe to sing and dance along side 8 other children in the historical Madison Square Garden. He also did some commercial modeling appearances with some celebrities like Pelle (all – star soccer player). He became part of a boy band called “4 Appeal”. Together they played a several shows around the tri-state area . shortly after Anthony decided to go back to his salsa roots. He has since shared the stage with some big acts such as Tito Puente Jr., Puerto Rican Power, NG2, andy montanez,Los Toros Band,just to name a few. Anthony has traveled many places around the country performing. He has also been feature on television programs like the eleven o’clock news on Telemundo. His 07' performance at the Puerto Rican festival NYC was broadcast around the world as the best performance of the festival on many different channels like Telemundo, Univision just to name a few. “El Nene Del Barrio” has also recorded on numerous albums. The most recent an album entitled “Seguida 3”, which includes performances by Larry Harlow, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Kevin Ceballo, and many other Grammy Award winning artist. He also recorded on a Mafia Negra album, which was distributed by universal records. Finally, his long awaited production is ready to hit the streets. “Mi Version” is one of the most anticipated albums in the barrio (Spanish Harlem). Since “El Nene Del Barrio” himself composed the majority of the production, it really shows the diversity that he offers lyrically to the public. It has 9 solid tracks produced by el maestro Lucho Cueto and Anthony León. It combines Anthony’s young and enchanting but yet aggressive style of singing with a fusion of salsa, cumbia, regeatton, rhythm and blues, and many other worldly styles of music, along with some of the best musical arrangers around like Lucho Cueto, Oscar Hernandez, His first single "VETE" was recieved with open arms and is still getting heavy play in the united states and across international borders. The single has been featured on numerous compilation cd's like "Latinos22" in Italy , "guide to salsa " in england , hits 08' in Italy just to name a few. His official single for the album will begin to realease in the states in May 08'. It has already begun to take over radios in colombia, argentina, spain. The album will surely be a treat ....Oh he also called on some freinds like Johnny Rivera , Frankie Vasquez of Los Soneros Del Barrio , Jose Mangual jr. , Cheo Medina, Ruben Rodriguez, Piro and the list just goes. Profile Pimp MySpace Layouts Contact Tables MySpace Icons MySpace Comments I edited my profile at ProfilePimp.com