Jowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Muñoz Martínez (born March 3, 1982) and Randy Ortiz Acevedo (born July 16, 1983). The duo have been active since the early-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in reggaeton. They have released three studio albums, five mixtapes, and 23 singles as of June 2017. They were also members of the short-lived group Casa de Leones alongside J King & Maximan and Guelo Star. They became the first reggaeton acts to perform in Monaco and the first reggaeton duo to do so in Australia.
Career
1990s–2005: Early years
Joel Alexis "Jowell" Muñoz Martínez was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 3, 1982 and grew up in Cataño, Puerto Rico, one of the island's poorest municipalities. He began to take interest in music at the age of seven listening to Puerto Rican rapper Vico C and his 1989 cassette La Recta Final. Vico C (born Luis Armando Lozada Cruz on September 8, 1971) is cited as being a pioneer of underground rap music in Puerto Rico during the mid- to late 1980s, playing a very influential role in the development of the genre. Jowell's first recording session was in 1996 for Los Fugitivos at a studio in Levittown, Puerto Rico alongside other rappers including Nicky Jam, Master Joe & O.G. Black, Camaleón, and Buru Fat Z.
