Wisin
Puerto Rican singer
Juan Luis Morera Luna (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan ˈlwis moˈɾeɾa ˈluna]; born December 19, 1978), known professionally as Wisin (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɣ̝ʷisin]), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and record producer, best known as a member of the reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. Wisin is noted for his unique and aggressive style of rapping.
Career
Wisin met Yandel in school. They began performing as a duo in the late 1990s and made their album debut in 2000 with Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio. They later made the jump to a major label in 2003 with Mi Vida... My Life, their first for Universal subsidiary Machete Music. Pa'l Mundo then catapulted them to mainstream success in 2005. Subsequently, Wisin & Yandel established their own label, WY Records, and presented an affiliate group, Los Vaqueros.
In November 2013, after the duo's Líderes tour, the duo went into hiatus, but although rumors saying their split was because of differences between them, Yandel denied those rumors and confirmed they are not disbanded.
Wisin released his first solo album El Sobreviviente in 2004, and ten years later, in 2014, his second solo studio album, El Regreso del Sobreviviente was released.
“Wisin” enters the record as puerto Rican singer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wisin, Puerto and Rican can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6168030. VIAF identifies the subject as 310692109. The Library of Congress control number is no2013132703. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978, 2000, 2003 and 2005.
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