Myke Towers was only a child when he saw the future. On his way to school in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, he had his first real-life glimpse of Tego Calderón, the black rapper who at the time was one of the biggest stars on the island – and in Latin music.
“I was a little kid with a backpack and he was in a huge Cadillac,” Towers recalled. “When you see that in real life, you don't forget it. Tego just saw another child. But for me – on my way to school – this was a Kodak moment. You've got it? It was, “Wow, if Tego did it, how can I do it my way?”
That chance meeting started with how Towers saw himself: as a Puerto Rican actor whose core is rap but who also sings reggaetón. who collaborates prolifically but releases mostly solo albums. who is notoriously private but strongly identified as a black artist. And now, after the massive success of his 2023 hit “Lala,” and backed by Warner Music, as a Latin urban artist willing to experiment to gain global success.
On April 25, Towers released “Adivino,” the lead track from his upcoming album, The Black Pantherit is expected to be released probably at the end of May.
The new album, which also features collaborations with Benny Blanco and Peso Pluma, goes back “to what I like to do musically and what people liked about my essence from the beginning, when they met me and said: ” This kid's got the goods.'”
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