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AboutManuel "Papayo" Corao, Venezuelan-born singer-songwriter.
After moving from Caracas, Venezuela to Miami when he was 12, Papayo studied music theory, composition and production before becoming a professional musician at the age of 14, lying about his age so he could join the popular Miami-based band Don Pepe. "I told them I was 17," he says laughing. "Two years later they found out my real age, but it was too late."
After touring the U.S. with the group for four years, he left to join Seunalo and later Elastic Bond. Each experience helped him grow as an artist, Papayo says, but none gave him the opportunity to fully express his lifelong passion for singing and songwriting.
That changed in 2007 when he started Concrete Rebels and recorded the band's self-titled debut. "It was the album I'd always wanted to make," Papayo says. As fate would have it, the group was put on hold when he was asked to join Pitbull's band just weeks after the album was finished. "I did what I set out to do, so I have no regrets," he says.
Papayo returns to that crossroads in 2012, ready to blaze a new trail with On the Road. The Miami-based artist wrote the album over four years, recording its 11 songs during rare breaks from his high-profile gig playing percussion with Pitbull on the international superstar's never-ending world tour. "I recorded whenever and wherever I could," he explains. "When I had the time, I made it count."
After moving from Caracas, Venezuela to Miami when he was 12, Papayo studied music theory, composition and production before becoming a professional musician at the age of 14, lying about his age so he could join the popular Miami-based band Don Pepe. "I told them I was 17," he says laughing. "Two years later they found out my real age, but it was too late."
After touring the U.S. with the group for four years, he left to join Seunalo and later Elastic Bond. Each experience helped him grow as an artist, Papayo says, but none gave him the opportunity to fully express his lifelong passion for singing and songwriting.
That changed in 2007 when he started Concrete Rebels and recorded the band's self-titled debut. "It was the album I'd always wanted to make," Papayo says. As fate would have it, the group was put on hold when he was asked to join Pitbull's band just weeks after the album was finished. "I did what I set out to do, so I have no regrets," he says.
Papayo returns to that crossroads in 2012, ready to blaze a new trail with On the Road. The Miami-based artist wrote the album over four years, recording its 11 songs during rare breaks from his high-profile gig playing percussion with Pitbull on the international superstar's never-ending world tour. "I recorded whenever and wherever I could," he explains. "When I had the time, I made it count."
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