FILM
DIRECTOR
José Iván Santiago
WRITER
Ángel M. Sanjurjo
PRODUCERS
George Rivera, Daddy Yankee, Ángel M. Sanjurjo
COUNTRY
Puerto Rico
LANGUAGE
Español
RUNTIME
107 min
RELEASE DATE
2008-08-14
PRINCIPAL CAST
Daddy Yankee (Edgar), Maestro Yek (Jayco), Katiria Soto (Soribel), César Farrait (Wichy), Diesel Medina (Juan Luis), Angélica Alcaide (Natasha), Norma Colón (Madre de Edgar)
URBAN ARTISTS
Daddy Yankee — lead actor; executive producer (his first film producing credit); Rey Pirín — supporting actor; Gringo — supporting actor; D.N.T. — supporting actor; Maestro Yek — supporting actor
Edgar "Dinero" runs a drug point inside a Puerto Rican public-housing project. As his crew unravels and he falls in love, a reggaeton career offers him a way out — but the violence closing in around him escalates toward a tragic ending just as that career starts to take off.
It was Daddy Yankee's first lead-acting role and his first producing credit. The film set Puerto Rico's single-day box-office record for a local production — roughly 12,000 tickets across 14 theaters, beating 2007's "Maldeamores" — and grossed $1,650,198 worldwide.
SOUNDTRACK CONNECTION
El álbum "Talento de Barrio" (Machete Music / El Cartel Records, 12 de agosto de 2008) acompañó el lanzamiento, con Daddy Yankee como productor ejecutivo.
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