User:Josie Carr La GATA Negra

Josie Carr "La GATA Negra" was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to Puerto Rican parents. She is known as the first Latin female emcee to perform live, simultaneously spittin’ and playing live instruments with her band “The Wildstyle” where she meshes a toxic Spanish/English combination of dance/pop, hip hop and techno that’s undeniably infectious!

She is the songwriter and one of the main producers of the duo behind her music; Joe Teklas being the other half. Her musical talents are not fabricated as she plays guitar, bass and keyboards; all accomplished skills she learned along the way as one of the most sought after music recording engineers in NYC. She's worked as an engineer and producer for most major record labels such as Sony, BMG, Atlantic, Shady Records, Universal, HBO and quite a few independents.

In 2007 Her debut single “Wan’ B Like Me”, was featured in the HBO original movie “Life Support” starring Queen Latifah and her followup single “Me Quiere y No Me Quiere (Love Me Love Me Not Yeah)” released in 2009 became one of the most downloaded songs by DJ’s in NYC attaining the number 2 position in the Latin DJ Dance Charts on top of Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas and Just Dance by Lady Gaga. The song also peaked at number 8 on the national votes by the National Association of Record Pool DJ’s and still maintains positions in the top 100’s.

Her latest new single titled “Me Haces Falta”, is a unique piece which incarnates a new music genre; electronic mambo with an infusion of Caribbean beats and urban sounds such as dance, electro and techno among others. “Me Haces Falta” is a potentially promising song and it is expected to achieve one of the top positions in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and some other European countries like Spain, Swiss and Italy.

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