Definitions tagged cantante in the street dictionary.
Giving money to a radio DJ so they play a specific song or artist. It is the bribe that new artists often have to pay to get some airtime and become known.
A: How did you get them to play your whole album? B: Well, payola, what else?
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A popular salsa singer and songwriter (he is actually Puerto Rican, but his music is a staple of Venezuelan culture).
This Gilberto Santarosa has many good songs: It has been years since Gilberto Santarosa appeared on TV.
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A famous Venezuelan singer and actress. In popular culture, she is known for her flamboyant style and dramatic persona, often used as a reference for divas or people who are obsessed with cosmetic surgery. (She is a major pop culture icon in Venezuela).
Lila Morillo is very dramatic. Lila Morillo is always getting plastic surgery.
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A Venezuelan pop singer who lives in Spain. (He is a famous international artist who achieved his biggest hits in the Spanish market, which is sometimes noted by Venezuelans when discussing his career).
Carlos Baute married a Venezuelan woman. Carlos Baute did not have that much success in Venezuela.
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A legendary Venezuelan rapper who died tragically at a young age. He is widely considered one of the most influential artists in the history of Spanish language hip hop (His stage name is a play on Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld, and his 2015 death was a major national controversy).
Cancerbero's death was so tragic. That guy knew he was going to die.
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A legendary Venezuelan singer and songwriter affectionately known as Tio Simon. (He is considered the most important figure in the country's folk music and a symbol of national identity).
Tio Simon is the author of the song Caballo Viejo. Tio Simon will be greatly missed.
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A famous Venezuelan musical duo known for urban and tropical pop music (they were one of the most successful international acts from Venezuela during the 2010s).
The duo Chino y Nacho sweeps every stage. Everyone loves Chino y Nacho.
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A Venezuelan singer currently living in Mexico City (he is a popular pop artist known throughout Latin America).
"Lasso has beautiful songs" and "Lasso and Sheryl are made for each other" (Sheryl refers to actress Sheryl Rubio, his well-known former partner).
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A famous Venezuelan pop and urban singer. (Sixto Rein is a well-known contemporary artist in Venezuela, popular for his reggaeton and tropical music style).
Sixto Rein has really made it big with his songs: in all of Sixto's songs they say his name like a thousand times.
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Venezuelan actress, singer, and model who rose to fame as the star of the teen musical series Somos tu y yo. She currently lives in Mexico City. (Somos tu y yo was a massive pop culture hit in Venezuela during the late 2000s).
Sheryl Rubio is dating Lasso. Sheryl Rubio makes YouTube videos.
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A Venezuelan actor and singer who rose to fame starring in the teen drama series Somos tu y yo. He is known for his relationship with actress Rosmeri Marval. (Somos tu y yo was a massively popular musical TV show in Venezuela during the late 2000s.)
Aran de las Casas has some really good songs. Aran de las Casas has been very successful.
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A Colombian reggaeton singer who, at just 18 years old, became one of the youngest artists to have a hit song in Colombia with Chica de Facebook (Facebook Girl). He is considered a rising star of the genre, both in his home country and internationally.
Facebook Girl, What good is it to me, Really strong, I won't fall for it again, Good girl.
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A teenage singer or guy who leeches off his girlfriends' fame, cheats on them, and breaks up with them over the phone. (Refers to the reputation of pop singer Joe Jonas regarding his high-profile breakups).
joe jonas
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A gifted rap artist who blends their emotions into a beat and showcases them to the public through improvisation.
Most of the freestalero artists emerging today.
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A performer of urban merengue, a genre often called mambo (in the Dominican Republic, mambo refers to a fast-paced, street-style version of merengue).
Pioneer mamberos of the 90s: Raul Acosta (Oro Solido), Tulile, Nelson de la Olla.
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A Dominican singer who started in merengue and successfully moved into salsa. He has won several Casandra awards (the former name of the Dominican Republic's top arts awards) and is known for his rivalry with fellow singer Sexappeal. He calls himself El Buenon and his partner is Miosotis. People also call him The Sniper because he covers a ton of songs, though his versions are usually good.
Person A: Have you heard Franco de Vita's new song? Person B: No, but I heard the Michel version.
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Carlos Manuel, a merengue singer active from the mid 70s to the late 90s. When he had cash, he drove a Camaro and wore thick gold-filled chains. But he lost himself to drugs and is now a total wreck, scoring more than Jordan and snorting more than Rodman (a play on NBA stars Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman used to describe heavy drug use).
Feeling... El Zafiro! Perla Massiel!
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A young girl from Santiago who won a contest on the TV show Chevere Nights and later competed in Argentina. Nobody expected her to win there, but her voice made Dominicans proud. She won thanks to a massive text-voting campaign that sparked a national craze. Even if she is considered a bit tacky, the girl can really sing. (Martha Heredia is a Dominican singer who became a national icon after winning the 2009 season of Latin American Idol).
-Dude! Did you see Latin American Idol last night? martha heredia won, I told you she was going to win. -Damn right she won, she had to win after all the texts I sent.
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Joa is the stage name of Carlos Jhordany Medrano, a Dominican rapper and producer from the San Carlos neighborhood in Santo Domingo. He was a member of the influential hip hop collective Charles Family and is famous for the song Calle es calle. He is also known for his long-standing rivalry with the artist Lapiz Consciente.
joa: I would give you everything; joa: withered flower; joa: he has nothing, and a ton more.
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A talented reggaeton artist also known as La Maravilla (The Marvel). His real name is Austin Santos, but he is known professionally as Arcangel. Born in New York to a Dominican mother who was also a singer, he currently lives in Puerto Rico.
Some of his catchphrases: Prrrrrrrrra. Don't copy me, man. The marveeeeel. Woaaaaa.
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A very attractive man who makes every woman jealous of his partner (refers to the Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and the public envy surrounding his famous former marriage to actress Adamari Lopez).
That hottie.
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A legendary Dominican singer and musician who popularized the shaved head look and songs dedicated to the santos (deities in Afro-Dominican religions). He is nicknamed El Brujo (The Sorcerer) due to his lyrics about Santeria. Born in 1937, he was a soldier in the April 1965 Revolution (a Dominican civil war) and is a national icon. A conservatory-trained multi-instrumentalist, Cuco Valoy is a master of the tambora (a traditional Dominican drum), piano, and guitar. He is famous for making music a family business, most notably with his son Ramon Orlando, and for starting the first Afro-Cuban influenced orchestra in the country, Los Ahijados.
Some of his songs: Juliana, Born a Man, Don't Push Me, Heart of Steel, The Fruits of Carnival, The Sorcerer, Anaisa, The Little Million, Oh Love, If You Knew, Micharen, Sisi and Ricardo, The Dead Man, Beggar of Love, Love for Me.
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A sellout rapper who has no clue what real hip-hop is. He is a total poser who is worse than fucking dog shit, because at least shit counts as something. (Porta is a specific Spanish rapper famous for his commercial style and is widely mocked by the underground hip-hop scene).
Porta is cool without the u.
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The stage name of Juan de los Santos, a popular Dominican musician. After moving to Santiago de los Caballeros as a child, he was influenced by artists like Los Angeles Negros. In 1993, he started his professional career with the group Expresion Tropical and became well known as a singer, composer, and arranger for various local acts, famous for tracks like Negrita Tu me quiere and Me Engano (Santiago de los Caballeros is the second largest city in the country and a cultural center for merengue music).
El Krisspy: I am the flow.
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1. A singer or musician of the bachata genre. 2. A derogatory term for a fool, a social misfit, or someone who lacks class (historically, bachata was stigmatized as music for rural, lower-class populations).
1. He plays the guitar very well, he could be a bachatero. 2. Hey man, what is with that bachatero look?
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1. A singer or musician of the genre known as Bachata. 2. (Slang) A fool, an idiot, or someone who looks or acts uncool (historically, Bachata was associated with rural and lower class populations, leading to its use as a derogatory term for someone perceived as unrefined).
1. He plays the guitar really well, he could be a Bachatero. 2. Hey man, what is with that Bachatero look?
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