Both boriqueños adequately reflect on their legendary journey to stardom. Zion is wearing a long-sleeved black shirt, dark grey sweatpants, and a Monastery cap, while Lennox rocks a yellow Impress tracksuit complete with gold, purple, and baby-blue Air Jordans and a fitted camouflage hat. On the 17th floor of the Flatiron in Brickell, New Times sees the reggaetoneros looking comfortable as they reminisce about their 20-year career and the making of their latest LP. Eventually, they began working outside the reggaeton genre with American artists like Fat Man Scoop, Pitbull, and even Akon for Zion’s solo effort, The Perfect Melody, in 2007.įast-forward to 2021, and the Billboard Latin Music Award-winners are celebrating the release of their fourth studio album, El Sistema. They appeared on numerous compilation albums from Luny Tunes, DJ Nelson, and Alex Gargolas. The pair's debut album would lay the groundwork for their decades-long legacy. “Of course, with high energy and the drive to continue to work hard to create new music,” Lennox adds. We’re proud that we’re still in the eyes of the public and continue to be the people’s choice.” “We feel still brand new even after 20 years,” Zion says about the duo’s extensive career. Once songs like “Baila Conmigo” and “Desafío” became popular outside of Puerto Rico, Zion y Lennox worked to release their debut album, Motivando a la Yal.

Although they had known each other since the early ‘90s, Zion y Lennox joined forces in 2000 before Lennox’s brother, Mackie of Yaga y Mackie Ranks, invited them to the studio. Twenty years ago, Félix 'Zion' Ortiz and Gabriel 'Lennox' Pizarro embarked on their journey to become one of the biggest names in Latin music. My teenage self had no idea that Zion y Lennox’s career had begun only four years before “Doncella” dropped. Nearly two decades later, fans consider the song one of their most memorable classics. As a 14-year-old transitioning from middle school to high school, my love for reggaeton was fresh, yet it was plenty strong enough to know that this song would become a big deal.Īnd it did. It was the first time I had ever heard the duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico, and it instantly had me singing along in an attempt to learn the lyrics. After a few songs played commercial-free, Zion y Lennox’s “Doncella” came on. In the summer of 2004, I was sitting on the floor in my bedroom flipping through radio stations on my oversized stereo when I landed on one that only played reggaeton.

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