“ “I’m getting into custom cars because of Alexis, but like the way they look u untouched,” he confesses. “Besides a nice old school, I’d like to get an Audi R R8 as my next car purchase.” LLoving the lines and the look of Audi’s first foray into the sports car ssegment, Fido is a Mercedes-Benz guy at heart. With a black Benz S-Class aas his daily driver, he’s loved the brand since he was a kid. “I remember h having posters of Mercedes cars in my bedroom as a child,” he vividly recalls. ““I love their style and the way they drive.” A Alexis, on the other hand, has a white Hummer as his daily driver. “Man, I llove o my Hummer,” he says. “I’m a demolition man when I drive. I’m a real ccrazy driver and like to make my own way on the road. It’s on 22s and has ssome big tires. It’s big and nothing can stop me when I’m in it.” B But being “Los Reyes del Perreo,” (loosely translated to “The Kings of G Grinding or Booty Dancing”), Alexis & Fido (born Raul Alexis Ortiz and Joel M Martinez, respectively) don’t get very much time to drive their toys or go A ATV riding (their fave shared hobby) near their home of Cayey, Puerto Rico. B But you won’t hear any complaints from either of them—they know that ttheir hard work hasn’t been in vain. IIn less than four years, the duo has released four albums and contributed tto tracks to countless compilation albums, cementing them as leaders o of their particular perreo/reggaeton musical genre. Immensely popular in LLatin America, with growing fans around the world, including London, Paris, B Belgium, Italy and the U.S., perrero is a Puerto Rican dance associated with rreggaeton music that focuses on grinding and booty shaking. In Puerto Rico, p perreo is literally the “it” music in the discotecas. ““Reggaeton has different branches to it,” Fido starts to explain. “We
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