Biography

Anthony Len El Nene Del Barrio was born in the heart of New York City, on February 28th, 1978 to parents Gladys Len and Francisco Piliche Len.
It was a great time for salsa. Every week there were different shows and concerts to attend. It was no coincidence that at the age of Five, Anthony was all ready singing his heart out. While singing the Puerto Rican national anthem at a local event, he was approached by the legend Hector Lavoe to dance along side 8 other children in the historical Madison Square Garden. He also did some commercial modeling appearances with some celebrities like Pelle (all star soccer player). He continued singing all threw his teens concentrating his efforts on the R&B market. He became part of a boy band called 4 Appeal. Together they played a several shows around the tri-state area .
At the age of 23 Anthony decided to go back to his salsa roots and began his journey once again into the Latin market. He began singing chorus with local bands and as his knowledge grew so did his reputation as a tremendous vocalist. He has since shared the stage with some big acts such as Tito Puente Jr., Puerto Rican Power, NG2, Los Toros Band, Tony Tun Tun, and Anthony from la Makina, just to name a few. Anthony Leon has traveled many places around the country performing and has been feature on many television program like the eleven oclock news on Telemundo. His performance at this years Puerto Rican festival has been broadcast around the world as the best of the festival on many different channels like Telemundo, Univision just to name a few. El Nene Del Barrio has also recorded on numerous albums. The most recent one being a compilation album entitled Seguida 3, which includes performances by Larry Harlow, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Kevin Ceballo, Santana, Steve Adorno and many other Grammy Award winning artist. Seguidas album will be released summer 07. He also recorded on a Mafia Negra album, which was distributed by universal records. This album showcased his ability to transition into the regeatton market.
Finally, his long awaited production is ready to hit the streets. Mi Version is one of the most anticipated albums in the barrio (Spanish Harlem). Since El Nene Del Barrio himself composed the majority of the production, it really shows the diversity that he offers lyrically to the public. It has 9 solid tracks produced by el maestro Lucho Cueto and Anthony Len. It combines Anthonys young and enchanting but yet aggressive style of singing with a fusion of salsa, cumbia, regeatton, rhythm and blues, hip hop and many other worldly styles of music, along with some of the best musical arrangers around like Lucho Cueto, Oscar Hernandez, Carlmelo Rivera, and Luis Disla. He also called on some friends for this production like Johnny Rivera , Frankie Vasquez of Los Soneros Del Barrio , Jose Mangual jr., Cheo Medina, Ruben Rodriguez, Piro and the list just goes on.
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