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Juan Gotti of
Texas Nominated for Latin Grammy
8/25/04 - LatinRapper.com
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Born on the
US Mexico border, Houston-bred rapper Juan Gotti (Juan
Ramos) recently earned his first Latin Grammy nomination
with a Dope House Records release entitled No Sett
Trippin. As a nominee in the "New Urban Artist"
category, he is now firmly established among the
pioneers of a popular new genre that has taken the Latin
music world by storm.
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"It’s an honor to be recognized for my music," says
the San Antonio resident, christened "Juan Gotti" by his long-time friends
and collaborators in Houston’s underground hip hop
community. Nurtured in an artistic hotbed that has
produced artists such as Destiny’s Child, South Park
Mexican, DJ Screw, Lil Flip and Latin super group La
Mafia in addition to actors such as Debbie Allen and
Steve Harvey, Gotti is humbled by the recognition.
"I’ve been doing this kind of music for five years," he
says. "It’s my way of giving props to the music I grew up
with at home and the rap music I heard on the streets in
H-town." Fusing the regional norteño and ranchero
music of his parents with the hard-core urban sounds of a
vibrant Houston hip hop and rap scene, Gotti has created a
signature sound that has garnered him notice industry-wide.
Members of two-time Grammy Award-winning band La Mafia,
icons in Latin music, were pleased to include Gotti as a
vocal guest on a track recorded for their upcoming album
release. "Juan represents a new direction in Latin
music," says Armando Lichtenberger, Jr., a founding member
of La Mafia and the highly sought-after studio producer
responsible for the Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning
albums by La Mafia and norteño favorites Los Palominos.
"We’re proud to feature him on our next album."
According to Gotti, his Latin Grammy-nominated album is
titled in an effort to promote peace and harmony among
disparate neighborhoods or "sets." "Since I got out of
the penitentiary, I’ve been thinking about what I could do
to help out, to change things," says Gotti, who regrets the
youthful indiscretions that led to his temporary
incarceration. "Music should bring people together. I called
it No Sett Trippin’ because I wanted to cut a record for
everybody, no matter what ‘hood you claim or what colors or
flag you fly."
Gotti is excited about his upcoming collaboration with La
Mafia. "Those guys are legends. And it sounds pretty cool to
say that Gotti is recording with the Mafia. I’ve been
listening to them since junior high," he says. His next
album, which features Los Palominos, a popular
Tejano-norteño band is scheduled to drop in late fall of
2004. A number of its tracks will be recorded at La Mafia’s
Urbana Recording Studios, state of the art facility where at
least a dozen Grammy nominated discs have been mixed and
recorded.
Juan Gotti on the
web:
http://www.dopehouserecords.com
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