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[COMPANY PROFILE]

MEET THE GENIUS BEHIND BACHATA'S BIGGEST STARS ANDRES “DRE” HIDALGO FOUNDER OF 2 STRONG MUSIC, INC.

Andres Hidalgo better known as “DRE” is a producer and multi-faceted manager who founded 2 Strong Music, Inc. in 2001. Responsible for some of the most successful stars in today's Bachata music, such as AVENTURA, PRINCE ROYCE, XTREME and most recently up and coming artist, JEAN & “Solo Dos” a duo made up of two brothers Brandon & Aldric. Dre was born and raised in New York City exposing him to a wide array of music and cultures. Transposing those influences through his music, he created Prince Royce & Produced as well as co-wrote his debut Album entitled PRINCE ROYCE ” becoming a certified triple platinum album with the hit singles “Stand By Me" ”, “Corazón Sin Cara” & “El Amor Que Perdimos”. He has been awarded numerous awards (1 Grammy, 4 Latin Billboards, 3 Premio Lo Nuestro, 4 ASCAP, 1 BMI, 1 Premio Latino) through his work.  Aside from producing & Writing, Andres is responsible for the development, management and booking for the group AVENTURA.  Releasing the group’s first succesful album that launched their carreers entitled “We Broke the Rules” featuring songs such as, “Obsesión”, “Enséñame Olvidar” and “Amor de Madre”.  2 Strong Music, Dre’s record label created, developed and managed the group XTREME he also produced their first underground album called “WE GOT NEXT” & Their first international & selftitled album “XTREME”. Recently, DRE has discovered Bachata’s newest rising star JEAN (pronounced, gene) and has recently collaborated on JEAN’s Debut album “IT’s JEAN” produced by Dre & written by both JEAN & Dre. His first single entitled “MAQUINA DEL TIEMPO”, climbed all the way to 3rd position within the Tropical Billboard charts and spent 8 weeks on the top 20. The second single from JEAN entitled “Can’t Find Love” will also be released later this month, & his debut album, “IT'S JEAN” will be released by 2 STRONG MUSIC, INC. in the month of April 2014.