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Felix Ortiz, best known for his stage name ZION, starts his artistic career as a young boy in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was best recognized then for his romantic lyrics and his outstanding melodic voice; both joined by the contagious reggaeton rhythm, have garnered him praise as one of the best exponents of this genre. Throughout his professional career Zion has been cultivating highly recognizable hits placing tracks high in the charts and highlighted in releases such as: The Noise, Godfather, MVP, Desafio, Los Matadores, Dj Goldy, Anqueira Innovando, Blin Blin Vol. 1 & Mas Flow. As a solo act, he has collaborated in productions such as; King Of Kings of Don Omar, Los Rompe Discotecas of Hector El Father, Las Gárgolas, gaining the same success obtained previously on earlier productions where he featured with first class acts such as; Los Cazadores, Barrio Fino, Voltaje and Los Anormales.

“Motivando la Yal”, garnered the necessary recognition to catapult him as one of the great exponents of the genre, allowing him to perform in the most respected venues not only in the States but throughout Europe and Latin America including NY’s famed Madison Square Garden, Miami’s Arena among others. He has continuously toured in the States in Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Miami, Orlando, New York, and California with success spilling over to Canada as well. As the key member of the duo, ZION & LENNOX, he traveled extensively to Central and South America particularly to Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, the Dominican Republic just to name a few. As a milestone, he participated in the Latin Grammy’s of 2005, Univision’s famed Premios Juventud closing this productive circle as the opening act on the “Who’s your Daddy World Tour 2005” for Daddy Yankee.

His rapid ascent into fame has lead him to experience at a fast paced growth that has affected not just his professional but personal and artistic growth as well. Zion represents Reggaeton grandly on a global scale and his ever-growing fan base is smashing. For this reason ZION decides to take his career to the next step as a solo act where his impact will be just as rewarding. His first release for CMG, Coalition Music Group as producer for the “Flow Factory” along with his debut solo single, “Fantasma”, have reached the top positions in both the national and international radio charts. Along with this success, ZION is initiating efforts as a great entrepreneur and producer creating his own label, “Baby Records”, distributed by UNIVERSAL MOTOWN /CMG and developing new talents such as Arcangel y DeLaGhetto.

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Artist Blog: Zion
Tuesday Jun 26

Hey I'm sending my love from Puerto Rico where I just celebrated La Noche de San Juan, where everyone goes to the beach and is out there until midnight. Everyone is out there getting rid of bad spirits and bringing in all the good ones.

I’ve been out here just promoting this album and always working. When I do have some time off I like to go out with my friends and I like to party. I like to go out with las chicas but only when I have time.

I also love to shop, so when I’m in Nueva York, Miami or LA, I like to buy the very best. Some of my favorite brands are Gucci, Fendi, Rock & Republic, True Religion, Seven Jeans and Louie Vuitton.

I don’t even have time to go to the movies, or get DVD’s, maybe some bootlegs here or there, but not really.

I will be in Puerto Rico until tomorrow and then I’ll be back here on Sunday for a radio show.

I will write soon.
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posted May 31

Hey there...it's Zion, just here to tell you what I've been working on...

I just finished the video “The Way She Moves” with Akon. It was good, we got a little bit of rain but it was cool. We shot the video in Hollywood, Florida and worked from like six in the morning ‘til 8 at night.

The video is about this girl and the way she walks, talks, moves, eats, everything. She’s walking on the strip and catches the attention of everybody and this biker even crashes cause he’s looking at her.

Me and Akon are basically sitting back in the car and she walks by and I look at her and she looks at me. She brings me to an alley and she goes on a trunk and then Akon comes in and he starts singing to her.

She’s flirting with both of us and then this other older dude comes in and she leaves with him. We had no luck with her. I thought I was winning but no. It’s a really funny video. It has a little action, a little comedy, a little of everything.

So this holiday weekend all I did was work. We drove to Washington D.C. We’re still here now. I won’t get a break until Christmas.

We’re on our way to New York, then Boston, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and then I have the Puerto Rican Parade in New York. I’ll be singing on the Coors Light float.

Well the video will be out in two weeks, three weeks at the latest. Hopefully everyone will get a chance to see it.

Click here to see photos from Zion's "The Way She Moves" music video with Akon.


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Posted by: JENNIFER at June 20, 2007 1:59 PM

SO CUTE


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