Shadow Blow (José Ariel Fernández Soto, born in Santo Domingo on July 12, 1983)
is a Dominican urban artist and producer whose background runs through formal
music training and the street-level energy of the capital’s rap and dembow
scene. As a child he studied classical music at the National Conservatory,
learning piano and percussion, but he gravitated toward urban music while still
young, initially wanting to work behind the boards before stepping out as a
performer. His breakthrough came in 2010 with “Tu Ere la Que Ta,” later
amplified through a remix with Poeta Callejero, an...