Flow La Movie Explained

Flow La Movie
Birth Name:José Ángel Hernández
Birth Date:1 August 1985
Birth Place:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Death Place:Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Children:3 (1 deceased)
Occupation:Music producer
Years Active:2011–2021

José Ángel Hernández (August 1, 1985 – December 15, 2021), known as Flow La Movie, was a Puerto Rican music producer.

Career

He started his career in the music industry as a producer in 2011, which lasted ten years until his death. He launched his own indie record label and management agency and was a renowned producer and artist with chart-topping hits like "Te Boté”, which topped Hot Latin Songs for fourteen weeks, the third-most for Bad Bunny, per Billboard. He was also a producer for Ozuna and Nio García, being behind the latter's viral hit “La Jeepeta".[1] [2]

Other ventures

Flow La Movie

Flow La Movie
Founded:2009
Status:Active
Distributor:The Orchard
Country:United States

Hernández founded his record label Flow La Movie (FLM) in 2009 in partnership with his mother an current CEO Illianes Ruiz, while working with Nio García and Casper Mágico. Since founding the label he did reach the top Latin RIAA Certified récord in history with “Te Bote”.[3]

Current artists
ActYear
signed
Nio García (Artist)2009
Xound (Producer)2018
Former artists
Album releases

Record production

Hernández also produces records, including his own, in December 2017, Hernández produced the single “Te Bote” which went certified Dianond by the RIAA.

Death

Hernández died on December 15, 2021, at the age of 36, when a charter plane Gulfstream IV carrying him and eight other people crashed and burst into flames while attempting an emergency landing near Las Américas International Airport. All the other people on board were also killed during the crash, including his wife and their 4-year-old son.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Nine killed in Dominican Republic plane crash. Al Jazeera. 16 December 2021.
  2. News: Estrada. Mia. 2021-12-16. Flow La Movie, reggaeton music producer, dies in Caribbean plane crash. en. NPR. 2021-12-16.
  3. Platon . Adelle . 'Te Boté,' The Biggest Latin Single In The U.S., Vanishes From The Hot 100 . Forbes . July 27, 2022.
  4. Web site: Flow La Movie and his family among 9 dead in Dominican Republic plane crash, the Latin artist was 38. Hola. 15 December 2021.
  5. 2021-12-16. Flow La Movie's Death Mourned by J Balvin, Juan Magan & More. 2021-12-16. Billboard. en-US.