If you enjoy listening to Nicky Jam, or a fan, I am sure you have watched his Netflix series “Nicky Jam: El Ganador.” If you have not watched it, what are you doing?
This series brings you the raw, heartfelt and determination of Nicky Jam to become the Reggaetonero he is today. His path was not easy at all. He struggled with drug addiction, poverty, abandonment, and violence. However, all those experiences have changed him into the man he is today.
Throughout the series, the scenes go back and forth from his childhood to teenage years. The series leads to his adult years in which he plays himself. The dramatization of the series shows Nicky Jam’s life story from when he lived in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Puerto Rico and Medellin, Colombia.
We see how music was always apart of Nicky Jam’s life and saved him. However, there were several pivotal people in Nicky Jam’s career such as Daddy Yankee, Juan Diego Medina, and his father.
An important reggaeton history fact in the series includes Daddy Yankee, the biggest Reggaetonero in the world, was part of a duo with Nicky Jam known as “Los Cangris” in the past. These two artists are the ones who popularized reggaeton back in Puerto Rico with their hits “En La Cama, Donde Estan Las Gatas and Guayando.”
Eventually, the duo broke off due to Nicky Jam’s drug addiction, money problems and lack of motivation to produce music. However, Daddy Yankee was always helpful to Nicky Jam’s recovery, but Nicky never appreciated his help.
This was the fall of Nicky Jam’s musical career. Nicky Jam’s music was not good anymore, he had a bad mentality and energy which led to him having problems with so many people in Puerto Rico.
Medellin, Colombia is where Nicky Jam revived his musical career and became known as the “Fenix.” Colombia is where Nicky Jam became clean of drugs with the help of his father, and successfully rose to fame again. Juan Diego Medina, who is Nicky Jam’s manager, helped bring back Nicky Jam to the reggaeton industry.
This show teaches a lot of life lessons. The main message is that we all can rise from our past troubles. Nicky Jam is a global phenomenon that has rose as the “Fenix” and will continue to create top charting music. Now, go to Netflix and watch the series!
Watch the trailer right here.
I really like to see how artists go through ups and downs in their career and not many of them share it. I will definitely watch the series to get motivation and see how the artist worked on his dreams to come true!
I personally don’t listen to Reggaeton music, but I do like to hear stories about how these artists come up. I think you did a very good job expressing the mood and purpose of this series, as well as motivating people to give the series a watch.