Biography

Tijuana-born and San Diego-raised contemporary RB artist Frankie J was raised on a steady diet of Latin music and American artists like Michael Jackson and Run-DMC At the age of 15 he was involved with the Latin freestyle scene and released a series of singles on a Canadian dance label A 1997 signing with Jellybean Benitezs Hola label never panned out but he landed on his feet when he became a member of los Kumbia Kings After a few years with the group J went solo with 2003s Whats a Man to Do a collection of ballad-dominated material that was released on Columbia One 2005 Un Nuevo Da 2006 and Priceless also 2006 followed Andy Kellman All Music Guide