Redimi2 (born Willy González Cruz; June 3, 1979) is a Dominican

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and

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. González began releasing music in 1999 as a part of Redimi2 Squad, alongside his brother JG. After all members besides González left the group, González took the name Redimi2. He is considered to be one of the most popular Christian rappers of the Dominican Republic and is internationally known. He is also known as the first rapper to release an album of

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in his country. Redimi2 has collaborated with Christian singers like

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, Annette Moreno,

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, Funky, Alex Zurdo and Manny Montes. Willy has been married to Daliza Contreras since 2005 and has a daughter named Samantha González. He has been nominated in the ''Contemporary Religious Music'' category at the Casandra Awards (now the

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for Spanish Album and Spanish Language Recorded Song, and has twice won the Best Urban Album category at the

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. In 2021, Willy appeared on the

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song "Be Alright", alongside

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. The song reached number 2 on Billboard's

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chart.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Combinación Mortal'' (2000) *''Hasta Los Dientes'' (2004) *''Revolución'' (2006) *''Phenomenon Edition'' (2009) *''Exterminador Operación P.R.'' (2011) *''Exterminador Operación P.R. 100X35'' (2012) *''Exterminador Operación R.D.'' (2012) *''Exterminador Operación Mundial'' (2014) *''Pura Sal'' (2017) *''Trapstornadores'' (2018) *''20/20'' (2020) *''Momentum'' (2021) *''Rompiendo'' (2022)

Live / special edition albums

* ''Vivo: El Concierto'' (2008)

Other discs

* ''El equipo invencible'' (2007) * ''Mas'' (with Funky) (2013) * ''UNO'' (with Alex Zurdo and Funky) (2021)

Mixtape

* ''Rap Redimi2: Las cosas que nunca dije (The Mixtape Vol.1)'' (2010)

Singles

* "Combinación Mortal" * "Raphy Méndez" ** "Raphy Méndez parte 2" ** "Raphy Méndez parte 3" * "5 Micrófonos" (featuring Ariel Kelly and 3C) * "¿Qué Me Viste?" * "Déjame Nacer" * "Omar y Erika" (featuring Isabelle) * "Yo No Canto Basura" * "Voy Delante" * "Qué Futuro Tendrá" * "Buenas Noticias" * "Ruge 2.0" * "Estoy Aquí" (featuring

) * "7 En El Micrófono" (featuring Manny Montes, Goyo, Alex Zurdo, Michael Pratts, Sugar, Maso) * "Pao Pao Pao" (featuring

) * "Ella No Cree En El Amor" * "Es Con Dios" * "No Woman Don't Cry" * "Dominicano Soy" * "Yo Soy Así" (featuring Funky) * "Yo Sere Tu Sol" (featuring

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) * "Fenomenal" * "Nunca Me Avergonzaré" (featuring Daniela Barroso) * "Saldrás De Esta" (featuring René González,

) * "El Nombre de Jesús" (featuring

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) * "Aleluya Amén" * "Espíritu Santo" (featuring Barak) * "Ofensivo Y Escandaloso" * "Tus Pasos" (featuring

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de Rescate) * "Viviré" (featuring

) * "Pura Sal" (featuring Funky, Alex Zurdo) * "Milagro De Amor" (featuring Joel De Jesus) * "Un Millón De Razones" * "Filipenses 1:6"(featuring

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) *"Por Un Like" (featuring Lizzy Parra, Angel Brown) *"Trapstorno" (featuring Rubinsky RBK, Natan El Profeta, Philippe)

References

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* 1979 births Living people Dominican Republic rappers {{hiphop-bio-stub