Nick Rivera Caminero is a reggaeton artist better known under his stage name
Nicky Jam, which was jokingly given to him by a homeless person when he was young. Born in Boston to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father, he moved to Puerto Rico at age ten. After a music executive noticed his talent he was given a recording contract and released his first album, ...
Distinto A Los Demás, at age 14. Having released five studio albums between then and 2007, his sixth, 2017’s
Fénix, brought him more chart success than ever before. The album contains hit singles such as
El Perdón (with Enrique Iglesias),
Hasta El Amanecer, and
El Amante. Rivera performed the song
Live It Up alongside Will Smith and Era Istrefi at the World Cup in Moscow in 2017 and released
Date La Vueltra, with Luis Fonsi and Sebastián Yatra, earlier this year. He has several Billboard Latin Music Awards, Latin American Music Awards, and Latin Grammy Awards to his name and also holds the record for most appearances on various artist albums.
