User:Lexcano

Juan Alex Mateo was born February 8th 1983 in a small town called Hondo Valle, located in the Dominican Republic. Shortly after he was born; his mother moved to the big city. Ever since Alex was a little kid, he was drown to music; he got into the underground music and started listening to rappers like Vico-C, Big Boi, Wiso G, Playero and Daddy Yankee. When Alex turned 12, he moved to the city of Boston with his father, there he started to expose his talent to small crowds. In 1997 Alex meets the Puerto Rican native Jose Ortiz aka Cheo, who baptized him with the name Lexcano, which broken down stands for Alex Dominicano (Dominican Alex) and formed the duo Cheo & Lex. They use to perform in a lot of talent shows and freestyle contest around their home town of Framingham, Boston and Worcester. In 2001 Lexcano decided to join the Army National Guard, and for the first time since 1997 Cheo & Lex were separated when he left to training. Lexcano returned from Basic Combat Training in the middle of 2002, he reunited with Cheo and worked on more music. In 2003 Lexcano got shipped out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While he was in Cuba, Lexcano listened to rappers like Don Omar, Divino and Cheka, he also paid close attention to artists like Hector & Tito, Daddy Yankee, Eddie D and Baby Rasta who managed to keep up with the drastic change that in the Reggeaton genre. Lexcano composed a lot of new songs during his time in Cuba. Lexcano also took the time to take classes online and finish college while in Cuba. When Lexcano came home from Guantanamo, he was able to get into the studio in Brooklyn, New York with Cheo and Noztra, with the help and other fellow rappers, they released a Mix-Tape called La Cazeria, this time they had the chance to bring their music a step further because a lot of the rappers came from different locations like New York, New Jersey and Miami. Due to people’s positive reaction to their final product Lexcano's inspiration and dedication to the music grew more. Lexcano came home in July 2004 ready to get back into the studio but in August 2004 Lexcano once again gets the called to duty, this time to Iraq, yet another obstacle in Lexcano's music carrier. In November 2005 Lexcano came back home and immediately got back on the music. In a matter of two months, he did three sold out shows a long side Lee Wilson; he quickly got to know the important faces of the music scene in his home area of Boston. He worked him self up to be at the same level he was when he left, he made the proper connections with producers and other music faces from New York, Miami, Dominican Republic, Europe and more. In 2007 Lexcano did collaborations with artist from Italy, Jamica, Domincan Republic, South, Central and North Armerica. After nine year of hard work, Lexcano has finally found the opportunity to show his talent to the entertainment industries and be able to search for his dream. Through fierce, dedication and the passion he has for his music, is evident that the future has many things store for Lexcano.

Lexcano has spent a lot time on the public eye, and has shown no signs of slowing down or disappearing. Easily one of the best Latin Urban Artist, Lexcano brings the best of street poetry and club bangers; there aren’t too many emcees that are remotely close in skill level to bring the best of both worlds in one album. From the incomparable lyricism, hooks & production, Lexcano’s music is a roller coaster that takes the listener on a number of different twists and turns which are as insane as his personality. This amazing artist not only gives us the typical young Reggeaton sound, but also he has been able to record Merengue, Bachata, and Salsa, showing that he is the best representation of the Caribbean urban music culture.