Although many people think so Nicky Jam (Nick Rivera Caminero) He is Colombian or Puerto Rican, actually the famous reggaeton singer was born in Boston. Her father is from Puerto Rico and her mother from the Dominican Republic. Before gambling on the Latin broadcasts, the artist was rapping and it was in a supermarket that the wife of a record company executive producer discovered him. Sometimes reality is more than fiction, and that child who sang between the shelves and the freezer room has eventually become one of the most famous Latin artists in the world; so much so that he one Grammy Latino in 2015.
To talk about this and have fun (as the opening title of the program says), Nicky goes to the Antena 3 room “El hormiguero”; however, it is not the first time. A few months ago the artist was sincere with Pablo Motos about some of the most difficult moments of his life in relation to his addictions and drama stage in the prison.
The Rise and Fall of Jam
What started out as one of those stories they tell you and you don’t believe it has progressed down an uncertain and dangerous path. At the age of 14 he recorded his first album and met soon after Daddy YankeeTogether they form a duo, Los Cangris, and build a strong friendship. The hit was a bittersweet candy with a dangerous downside. He himself confessed in an interview: “At a young age I got a lot of fame and I didn’t know how to take advantage of it … Much irresponsibility”. Nicky starts consuming harmful substances, which leads him to thwart Yankee, who tries to get him off drugs. The result: the friendship ends in 2004, and as Daddy sweeps the song ‘Gasolina’, Nicky falls into the pit of depression and self-destruction.
Jam is about to hit rock bottom and adds another blow: Puerto Rican police arrests him for driving a car with a reported theft, so he was sent to prison for a few weeks. Finally, he travels to Puerto Rico and locks himself in a room to overcome withdrawal syndrome. It will be exact Daddy Yankee the one who gives him another chance in 2012.
A wedding, four children
His wedding to Angélica Cruz (whom she attended Vin Diesel and J Balvin, among others) lasted only 18 months: they got married in February 2017 and in August 2018 you could already see the singer going out to have fun alone. These exits sparked rumors that were confirmed shortly afterwards. The couple claimed “irreconcilable differences”. The property was distributed, including the home the couple had bought in Miami that was put up for sale, according to the news TelemundoIt was worth $ 2,249,000, so Angélica would keep an amount of about $ 1,124,500, in addition to a pension that the singer must pay, as stated in his prenuptial agreement.
The singer has four children, although he had to undergo to recognize the first paternity testing. Now it is quite normal to see him posing with them on their social networks.
About his current love life, he had a love story with the model until a few days ago Cydney Moureau, but a year after his engagement on Valentine’s Day, the singer announced their breakup. “I don’t like to talk about people when they are not there to defend themselves and I have a lot of love and a lot of respect for my ex-partner. We have a good note and respect, it just didn’t work,” he explained out in an interview for ‘Maiky Backstage ‘
Archimillonario, Nicky Jam he has houses in Colombia, a collection of luxury cars and can charge up to a million euros per concert. It is also true that he has a generous heart, something he was able to demonstrate after Hurricane María passed through Puerto Rico, when has donated a large amount, in addition to performing charity concerts for various causes.