New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Lead by the fame that he has obtained in his country, where he participated in massive international events such as Fiestas de Octubre in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Negro Blue Colash festival and I Love Hip Hop Festival, among others, C-Kan comes to United States for the first time ready to make his mark on the Rap and Hip-Hop world with a new album to be released on March 17th, 2015 in Mexico and United States.
His new production, "Clasificación C, Vol. 2", includes guest performances by Don Dinero, Charlie Cruz (whose tropical album reached Billboard's first place), T Lopez, Rigo Luna, Leiden, Damon Reel, MC Magic, Pipo Ti, Alika, Mr. Shadow, Sporty Loco and Wambo El Mafia Boy; and was produced by
Alexander Puente, Maxo and Maestro Alex, D. Salas, Sinima and Cricket Productions.
Hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico, José Luis Maldonado Ramos, best known as C-Kan "el Perro de la C", impressed fans during his first large local performance, becoming a major hit in the urbano genre in 2004 when he was only 17 years old. The impact he made among fans and in the urban music scene led to his first, self-produced album, "Chikano", and would later transcend his own success with "Lado Obscuro" being his first "mixtape" as a solo artist with "Dejame Afinar los Gallos", which opened doors to the beginning of his burgeoning career becoming one of the most important rappers of his country.
His fame has not only been achieved through solo performances, but he has also captivated millions of fans through his social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook with more than 2 million followers and VEVO with more than 600 thousand subscribers. His album, "Voy por el Sueño de Muchos", reached first place in digital sales in 2012 under the Latinos, Hip-Hop/Rap and Lo Mas Hot categories on iTunes in Mexico.
C-Kan currently has more than 40 official videos on VEVO. One of them being "
Vuelve" which currently has over 40 million views.
Total video views have surpassed 251,000,000 with more than 750,000 followers. His YouTube channel boasts 163,000 followers and over 65, 000,000 views.