El Indio

Background

About El Indio

Bio Julio Cruz ( EL INDIO ). I was born in the Bronx and raised between Puerto Rico and NYC. As a child staying in Puerto Rico I heard something that caught my attention it was Dembow now known as reggaeton. During the next few years the music began to grow and I started writing. Developing myself into an artist. Big influences Wiso G, Vico C, Big Boy, Baby Rasta Y Gringo and Mexicano. Obviously growing up in NYC I was exposed to a variety of Hip-Hop and R&B.Biggie, Snoop Dog's "Nuthin" But A "G' Thang", NWA, Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up", KRS-One's Boys II Men, Color Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up".Salsa & Merengue.El Gran Combo, Celia Cruz, Pete Del Conde (whom I had the privilege of meeting and speaking to before his passing. He gave me priceless advice on life and music) well I could go on and on but you get the picture. In 1998 I ( El INDIO ) met Patota and quickly started started working on music and before we knew it, an album was born! SON CALLEJERO "Don't Get It Twisted" released 2003. Cutting Records under the direction of Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Mario "MARIOSO" De Jesus. Shortly after started traveling,doing show's, performing On tv, Radio station's, and collaborations with other artist's mixtapes. Before I knew it we had 2 top 10 hits on Latin billboards ''Dame La Droga '' AND No Se No Se Still under contract with Cutting Records I'm currently on mix tapes, working on new material currently working with producer "Eclipze" and other Artist's and groups. Im also a music engineer There's more to come.stay tuned!