El Cata

El Cata
El Cata in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Edward E. Bello Pou
Also known as	El Tigre El Malo El Patrón El Padrino[1]
Born	Barahona, Dominican Republic
Genres	Latin music merengue hip hop
Occupations	Singer songwriter rapper
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1999–present[2]
Labels	Independent-Los Dueños Del Negocio[2] Lula Records Ratata Music Planet (Sony) Farandula Records
Website	elcatamusic.com

Edward E. Bello Pou, better known by his stage name El Cata,^[1] is a Dominican singer and songwriter, who emerged in the music scene in 1999,^[2] born and raised in Barahona, Dominican Republic.

Early life

Bello is the second son of Maria Luisa Pou Betances. He has four sisters. Aged five, he emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico and a year later from PR to Miami, Florida where he lived until he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School. While at school, Bello spent most of his time in class writing and composing songs. He would walk down the hallways singing the songs that he would write during class.

After high school, Bello moved with his family to New York, where he studied music at the Bronx Community College. While in New York he also worked at a furniture store, as well at the Medicare department for the state, and for HSBC and City bank.^[3]

After living in the United States for over 20 years, he returned to the Dominican Republic to make music for the world.

Career

In 1999 he released his first album as an independent artist and label, but these records are not considered officials because they are no longer available. In 2009 he released his official debut studio album El Malo, through Allegro/Planet Records, which includes the singles, "Loca Con Su Tiguere", "Pa' la Esquinita" and "El Que Brilla Brilla" Rabiosa, among others.^[4] At the same year he also recorded a remix of "Loca Con Su Tiguere", featuring Voltio and Ñejo & Dalmata, also the remix of "Ella Quiere Coro Conmigo" featuring Yenz, and shared credits on Pitbull's smash single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" as co-writer of the song.^[5] As of 2010, he collaborated in the remix of "Watagatapitusberry" from Pitbull's album Armando.^[6] The song also featured Rapper record-producer Lil Jon, Sensato and Black Point. Also collaborated with Gloria Estefan, Yuri-Mexico, Wyclef J; Kat de Luna, Vakero, Ñejo y Dalmata, Julio Voltio, Secreto EFB; Gente De Zona, Drake, Elvis Crespo, Osmani Garcia, Chacal, Juan Magan, Dylan & Lenny, among others.. (SoundCloud and YouTube for ElCata) This young talent has brought out to market his own line of watches name brand "El Cata" and not only that he also appears as an actor in some movies filmed in the Dominican Republic.

In 2010, Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira covered his single as "Loca", in which he also raps.^[7] He is also featured on the Spanish version of the track "Rabiosa" from Shakira's album Sale el Sol.^[8]

El Cata is a pioneer of the genre electro-mambow a fusion of merengue with hip-hop. His repertoire has more than one hundred and thirty (130) songs, where about ten (10) of these are hits that have obtained nominations in the international awards for the industry.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected details

Title	Album details
El Malo	Released: October 20, 2009[4] Label: Allegro/Planet Records Format: Digital download
El Representante Del Género	Released: To be released Label: Mr. 305 Inc Format: Digital download, CD
El Tigre/Chillin-Singles by Singles	Released: To be released Label: Los Duenos Del Negocio Inc

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US	US LATIN
2008	"Loca Con Su Tiguere"	—	—	El Malo
2009	"Pa' la Esquinita"	—	—
	"El Que Brilla Brilla"	—	—
2011	"Colesterol de Amor"	—	—	El Representante Del Género
2012-13-14-15 and 16	"No Me Duele" "Como Te Olvido" "Ella Quiere" "Burlao-Rap" "No Me Duele" "Chokala" "Flow Montana"	—	—	El Tigre
2018-24	"Foto De perfil", "CUENTALE", " El Bizcochito"

Featured singles

List of featured singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Year	Single	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
		US	US LATIN	SPA	SWI
2009	"Loca Con Su Tigre" (original version) "Rabiosa" "I know you want me (toy pa' ti) among others by El Cata	—	30	—	—	—	Non-album single
2010	"Watagatapitusberry" (Pitbull featuring Lil Jon, Sensato del Patio, Black Point and El Cata)	—	—	—	—	—	Armando
	"Loca" (Shakira featuring El Cata)	32 [9]	1 [9]	1 [10]	1 [11]	SPA: 2× Platinum[12] SWI: Platinum [13]	Sale el Sol
2011	"Rabiosa" (Shakira featuring El Cata)	110 [14]	8 [9]	1	3	—
	"Wanna be Yours" (PW featuring El Cata)	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
2012	"Sobredosis" (Kat DeLuna + El Cata)	—	—	—	—	—	Viva Out Loud
2013	"Con La Ropa Puesta" (Gente De Zona + El Cata)	—	—	—	—	—
2013-14	"Bailando Por El Mundo" (Juan Magan + El Cata)	—	—	—	—	—

References

1. "El Cata – Biografia" (in Spanish). Retrieved September 30, 2010.^{[dead link‍]}
2. "El Cata: "El merengue necesita evolucionar y cruzar fronteras"" [El Cata: "Merengue needs to evolve and cross borders"]. Los Nocturnos (in Spanish). October 23, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
3. "El Cata trabajando a pasos de gigante" (in Spanish). Hoy.com. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
4. "El Malo – Album by El Cata". iTunes. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
5. "Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me" Got A Hand From A Dominican Duo". MTV.com. August 18, 2009. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
6. "Pitbull con El Cata, Sensato, Lil Jon y Black Point "Watagatapitusberry" Music video" (in Spanish). MSN.com. July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
7. "Single and Album Announcement!". Shakira.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
8. "Shakira presenta su nuevo disco, Sale el Sol, cargado de ritmos latinos" (in Spanish). Google.com (Noticias). September 24, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
9. "Shakira Chart History". Billboard charts. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
10. "Shakira discography – Spain Charts". Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
11. "Shakira's discography in Hitparade.ch". Swiss Music Charts. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
12. "Promusicae SEMANA 43: del 25.10.2010 al 31.10.2010 (In Spanish)" (PDF). Retrieved November 3, 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
13. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
14. "Bubbling Under and other charts". Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 23. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 25, 2011. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links

• El Cata's official website