Mario VI | |||||||
Birth Name: | Mario Abner Rivera Rivera | ||||||
Birth Date: | 22 January 1978 | ||||||
Birth Place: | Canóvanas, Puerto Rico | ||||||
Years Active: | 1997-present | ||||||
Known For: | Founder of VI Music | ||||||
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Mario Abner Rivera Rivera (born January 22, 1978), known professionally as Mario VI, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer.[1]
Born in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, Rivera worked in the business side of the industry before becoming a recording artist. He founded the record label VI Music. He was for a long time the primary chorist of the dominican reggaeton artist Don Omar. Now he works for Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) for a radio station La Nueva 94 (WOND 94.7FM WODA 94.1FM) in Puerto Rico, main urban radio station. He is co-host to a daily radio show (M-F) at 3PM-7PM with El Coyote, however "El Goldo y la Pelua" are in the first position at that time.
He is also a successful comedian, songwriter, radio personality and recently (2015) became a father with current wife Michelle.