El veintiuno de junio/June 21st

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¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Rey Ruiz! (1969*-        )
*some sources list 1966 as his year of birth

Photo from megalatina.fm. Click HERE. 
Rey Ruiz, also known as "El Bombón de la Salsa," is a Cuban-American musician who began performing in Cuba at a young age and eventually became a member of the famous Cabaret Tropicana music group. During one of the group's tours in the Dominican Republic, Ruiz defected and went to live with friends in the United States. Once there, he began working on his solo career, and in 1992 he released the album Rey Ruiz, which helped him win Billboard and Premios Lo Nuestro awards. In 1993, Ruiz released his second album, Mi Media Mitad, and made his debut in New York's Madison Square Garden. He has since released some ten successful albums. See him interviewed on Martí Noticias in April of 2018 (a news source for Cuban exiles in the United States) HERE, and listen to him talk about Miami's Little Havana in this video interview for LifeStyle Miami HERE. For People's "11 Things You Didn't Know About Rey Ruiz," which includes a link to the video for Amor Bonito, click HERE. Ruiz is married to Sonia Machado, and the two have a daughter in her twenties. He also has a son, born in 2005, with a Colombian woman.

For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.

Other June 21st birthdays of note:

 Roxana Carabajal (1973-       ): Argentinian singer of folk music and member of Los Carabajal. See her play HERE.


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