Cosculluela

Biography

José Fernando Cosculluela Suárez (born October 15, 1980), known professionally as Cosculluela, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter.

Early life and education

Cosculluela was born in Puerto Rico from Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father. He came from an upper-class family and was raised in the gated community of Palmas del Mar. At a young age, Cosculluela became interested in tennis and eventually played for his high school, Colegio San Antonio Abad. He also developed passions for golf and surfing.

Career

At the age of sixteen, Cosculluela began producing underground mixtapes with his brother Jaime and his friends. After a few years of recording underground, popular reggaeton producer Buddha found out about Cosculluela's talents in a San Juan studio. Buddha was working with Latin hip hop producer Echo at the time. Buddha selected Cosculluela to replace rapper Tempo in the hip hop group Buddha's Family. Echo eventually signed Cosculluela to his label, Invasion Music.
Cosculluela gained international recognition with the hit single "Te Va Ir Mal" (feat. Getto) from the album Buddha's Family 2 distributed by Machete Music/Universal Latino. Soon after, Cosculluela began working with famed producers Gocho and Álex Gárgolas for multiple compilation albums. He also released a reworked version of his classic mixtape, "Este Es Mi Momento", in 2006.
After this, Cosculluela moved up in the ranks of reggaeton, appearing on such albums as Los Bandoleros Reloaded, Invasion, Gárgolas, Los Bravos, El Pentágono, El Pentágono: The Return, Los Brother, Talento de Barrio, and many more. Cosculluela is known to many as "El Príncipe del Verso" (The Prince of Verse) because of his exceptional lyrical abilities as an MC.
Echo was unable to get Universal Latino to release an album from any of his artists and only saw his compilation album "Invasion vol. 1" distributed. This caused Cosculluela to leave Invasion in 2007 and sign a recording contract with the renowned executive producer Elias De León and his influential record label White Lion Records. After struggling with record executives to set a release for his debut album, which was originally meant to be distributed on Sony Latin, and after various delays in 2009, Machete Music was pressured into releasing Cosculluela's hit debut album, "El Príncipe×El príncipe1 December 2009 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Sube y baja3:372Warrior5:503Na na nau3:264Pienso en ti4:165Prrrum3:586Yo no sé bailar3:187En ocasiones3:488Plaka plaka3:199Con el pensamiento4:4910Dividiendo bandos (Intro)0:1511Dividiendo bandos3:5312Te deseo el mal4:5513Invencible (Intro)1:1214Invencible3:4615Un pesito3:26" (The Prince). It was released thanks to Cosculluela's friendship with Wisin & Yandel, who had a partnership with Universal Latino for their record label WY Records and were very influential at the company due to their immense success and popularity.

El Príncipe

In 2009, Cosculluela released his first album, El Príncipe×El príncipe1 December 2009 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Sube y baja3:372Warrior5:503Na na nau3:264Pienso en ti4:165Prrrum3:586Yo no sé bailar3:187En ocasiones3:488Plaka plaka3:199Con el pensamiento4:4910Dividiendo bandos (Intro)0:1511Dividiendo bandos3:5312Te deseo el mal4:5513Invencible (Intro)1:1214Invencible3:4615Un pesito3:26. The album was announced a year earlier and it was named after one of his nicknames. . It peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and spawned the hit singles "Na Na Nau×Na na nau2009 · Single · RemixSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Na na nau3:49", "Prrrum", and "Plaka Plaka". It also reached number eight on the Billboard Rap Albums chart. A few tracks were left out of the final production. El Príncipe was one of the most successful reggaeton albums of the year, becoming critically acclaimed due to its diversity in lyrics and style.

El Príncipe: Ghost Edition

In 2010, Cosculluela released his first album called El Príncipe×El príncipe1 December 2009 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Sube y baja3:372Warrior5:503Na na nau3:264Pienso en ti4:165Prrrum3:586Yo no sé bailar3:187En ocasiones3:488Plaka plaka3:199Con el pensamiento4:4910Dividiendo bandos (Intro)0:1511Dividiendo bandos3:5312Te deseo el mal4:5513Invencible (Intro)1:1214Invencible3:4615Un pesito3:26: Ghost Edition. This album was a review of his first album, but with 5 new tracks. These 5 tracks were Cuidau Au Au, Humo, Prrrum Remix ft. Nardo Ranks, and Another Prrrum Remix. They were performed with Wisin & Yandel, and the last track was De Noche y De Día feat. Yandel.

El Niño

El Niño comes with many romantic, hip hop and reggaeton lyrics. Collaborations that have been announced so far are Wisin & Yandel and Los Mafiaboyz. Two singles have been released so far, they are: "Blam Blam×Blam Blam1 January 2011 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Blam Blam3:17" and "Si Tú No Estás." The remix of "Si Tú No Estás" will feature Puerto Rican artist Farruko, Colombian sensation J Balvin and the duo Ñejo & Dalmata.

War Kingz (2012)

War Kingz is the name of Cosculluela's first mixtape, which came out on December 11, 2012. This album helped new talents within the artist's company to apply themselves within the urban environment.

Blanco Perla

In 2014 Cosculluela left Universal Latino which lead to a bidding war among Latin labels to sign him, thanks to his success and much-publicized rap battle against Tempo. Warner Music Latina won the right to distribute Cosculluela's works through his Rottweilas Inc imprint and immediately began work on his latest album "Blanco Perla×Blanco perla15 March 2016 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Intro1:432Legendario3:373A dónde voy4:094Manicomio3:495Brujería4:086Romantik Boom3:047Si me dices que sí4:378Conciencia1:319No la cruces4:3010Hola beba4:3811La boda5:5312Cuchi cuchi3:2913Triste recuerdo4:3114Black Ops4:2015Me tienen odio2:46". Cosculluela released the "Baby Boo×Baby Boo14 February 2015 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Baby Boo3:34" featuring Wise "The Gold Pen" and DJ Luian to prepare for his upcoming release.
In 2015 Cosculluela released "Te Busco", featuring Nicky Jam, the first single from his album Blanco Perla. In October 2016, he released the album, which features major hits such as "Te Busco", "Manicomio", and "La Boda", the latter of which is about his wedding, which occurred in November 2015; it features singer O'Neill as well as an intro by rapper Kendo Kaponi. The album also features collaborations with artists such as Daddy Yankee, Nicky Jam, Farruko, Arcángel, De La Ghetto, and Tempo.

2021/2023

In November 2021, Cosculluela signed an exclusive deal with ONErpm. The contract is also in partnership with his longtime label Rottweilas, Inc. and in the year 2023 released new album called Los Muertos×Los Muertos3 November 2023 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Invencible1:122La que hay3:093Chambean3:124La llevamos4:005Chapter 1: Comentarios3:136Chapter 2: La esquina4:037Mátalos, cap. 34:338#Renérenuncia5:539#Richierich5:2410#B2b3:1611Categoría cos7:1612Santa cos6:2713Tic toc5:5914Rip full records7:5615Arca vs Coscu3:2916Cómo andamo3:3817Probando voces 3 (Freestyle) [Plastik edition]3:1218Palos y cortas3:2219Forever2:3820Inocente2:54.

Controversy

On September 15, 2018, Anuel AA released a diss track aimed at Cosculluela. The track was widely criticized due to its foul language and offensive remarks about homosexuality and HIV patients.
Two years later, amid the George Floyd protests around the world, the urban artist expressed through Instagram Live that Afro-Puerto Ricans are not descendants of Africa. This is contrary to the basic teachings of the Puerto Rican education system that educate on the history and colonization process of Puerto Rico which included the African slave trade that lasted almost 350 years, and the vast and evident African influence on Puerto Rican culture (along with European Spanish and indigenous Taíno influences). Although he did not clarify where he believed the Afro-Puerto Ricans are originally from, in his insulting expressions of June 7, 2020, he also called for Puerto Ricans to not join in on protests, calling the demonstrations a "crap that affects the economy". Later that day, the urban artist issued an apology.

Studio albums

El Príncipe (2009) – No. 185 US Billboard 200
El Niño (2011)
Blanco Perla (2016)
El Príncipe 2 (2023)

Collaborations

Cosculluela has collaborated with Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Héctor el Father, Wisin & Yandel, Nicky Jam, Maluma, Darkiel Omar, Mexicano, Arcángel, De La Ghetto, Kendo Kaponi, Zion & Lennox, J Álvarez, Farruko, Ivy Queen, Ñejo & Dalmata, Pacho & Cirilo, Benny Benni, Pusho, Jowell & Randy, Ñengo Flow, Jenny la Sexy Voz and the singers Christians, Maso and Bima.