Kandyman (born Ruben Cuesta Palomo) is a popular

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

reggaeton Reggaeton (, ) is a modern style of popular music, popular and electronic music that originated in Panamanian reggaetón, Panama during the late 1980s, and which rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puert ...

( cubatón) singer."Kandyman", "Cuba dances reggaeton", ''Havana Cultura''
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Career

Born in

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, he grew up listening to

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n radio, and thus reggae music. He was one of the first artists to use the Jamaican

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and

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musical styles in his compositions, thus creating the first unique cubatón sound in the early 2000s. He is now considered as one of the leaders of the scene. He has a long standing collaboration with Sweden-based cubatón label Topaz Records, and has gained fame across the Americas and Europe in the genre. Now in 2019 he has rebranded his name from Candyman to Kandyman and has new releases upcoming under Kobalt Music Group

Discography

;Songs: * "La Cosita" * "Bayu Baye" * "Ponte a la moda" * "Cuando tú me besas" * "Que se acabe"

External links

Official Instagram

References

Cuban male singers Cuban reggaeton musicians Musicians from Santiago de Cuba Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Cuba-singer-stub