As reggaeton began morphing with hip-hop and growing into a Latin trap scene,
Fuego became a breakthrough name when his Spanish-language remixes of Drake
songs earned him a following on SoundCloud and his album 'Fireboy Forever 2'
became a cult favourite in 2016. Growing up in Maryland, Miguel Angel Duran Jr.
was inspired both by 1990s hip-hop stars Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur and by the
traditional Latin sounds of merengue and bachata loved by his Dominican parents.
His father and cousin also played together in a group called Optimo, but when
Fuego began getting into trouble as ...