Luis “Jibarito” de Jesus Luis “Jibarito” de Jesus was born in Puerto Rico. His parents, Luis M. De Jesus, Sr. and Haydee Rosario were also born in Puerto Rico. As a child, his life was surrounded by music. First of all, his father was a musician and in 1971 he was the saxophonist with the Power Orchestra. His mother, who also acquired a musical talent, played the guitar and in addition, was always busy taking care of the family. His musical interests arose from the place where he grew up and for him, it was his school of life. It was a very popular place called “The Residential - Luis Llorens Torres in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There he spent many years of his youth with his grandmother - The Great: Martina Lopez, his second mother, and his grandfather, Americo Rubert. His musical experience started in his neighborhood where he always heard music from the balconies, such as the Plena and Bomba from Puerto Rico also street music. Every weekend he had the honor of experiencing and enjoying the music of a great musician, and although he is no longer with us, he will always admire the great Ismael Rivera. When he was a young boy in the street of Providencia, he would always hear the sound of drums in the neighborhood. He would walk around to find where the music was coming from. He was hypnotized by the rhythms and when he arrived at the place, he came across the great Maelo Rivera singing the Street Rumba. Everyone enjoyed the inspiration of Maelo, and as a young child himself, he would climb up a tree to watch and hear the music for hours. It was like an addiction he had inside of him. During his teenage years, he started listing to American music and Rap music caught his attention. For instance, in the 1980’s RunDMC and his DJ, Red Alert in the city of New York, experimented with what was called “Rap”. Shortly after his mother and him moved to Miami, Florida where he continued as a DJ with various groups of Rap, like his friend and colleague, George Carmona a_k_a_ _Mc Star and Paul Lugo a_k_a_ _Paulie Gum. They had the opportunity to do events in different areas of Miami. Later on, they chose different paths of life. Luis continued with his musical career and found his passion which always caught his attention as a child, percussion. He started with his first set of Congas and with much practice and determination his Puerto Rican roots started to blossom. He had his first opportunity to play percussion with the M_a_e_s_t_r_o_ (_“t_h_e_ _T_e_a_c_h_e_r_”)_Tirso Marti, at the Mystique Night Club. He later had the opportunity to perform with the Sensation Orchestra. In the1990’s he performed with El Grand Conde - Israel Kantor, Ara Oko band with the musical director, Jose Gray. Also with the Class A Orchestra with director Andy Alfonso, Freddy Lugo, Sabor Tropical and others. Beginning in 2000, he started with Grupo Mavi, with director Luis Papo Rodriguez and his great friend and colleague, the Master, Kiki Sanchez, Calle Sol and other known artists such as Robert Hereida, Orchestra Ayer y Hoy, with director Ivan Parraz and Javier Parraz, Sr. He also had the privilege of participating with great teachers such as, Riche Ray and Bobby Cruz, David Lucca Orchestra and with the Classics, Don Perignon, Rico Walker, Cita Rodriguez, daughter of Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez . Luis is currently being mentored by Miguel Rivera “Mike Rivera”, which is also his musical producer of his first single and future musical innovations. For bookings: contact Jose “JC” Colon, En Control Productions LLC, 561.929.5243 or jcentrolprod@gmail.com.