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February 24, 2008
In the Big Apple there is a rising star who has built a reputation of entertaining crowds with his infectious energy. Reggaetonline.net brings to you one of the most charismatic, talented and loved young men in New York City.
Nicolas Talentino was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx and Washington Heights. He got his start at an early age organizing high school parties. He went to school with members of Aventura at South Bronx High School. Toby Love and Nick performed in the same talent shows, too. “We had all the other high school crews shut down when it came to parties. We would make fliers out of regular paper,” Nick stated confidently. They started parties in neighborhood basements and formed Sucio Entertainment. He was always a leader and an organizer. When he went away to college at Old Westbury he began Gridlock Productionz. He learned many things from different people regarding moving a crowd and organizing events. “I began doing parties in college and they were always the hottest. Then on the weekends I’d come back home and throw parties in the city. I learned from ‘L Boogs’ (MTV 3) how to be a hype man and host. As I learned in college I was teaching my crew back here in the Bronx,” he recalls.
While managing a nephew who was a deejay he met the legendary promoter Sal Abbatiello, owner of Fever Records. His relationship with Sal proved to be monumental in that he was able to work in many different upscale clubs while learning from an experienced entertainment veteran. He became a sub promoter for Sal at the legendary Copacabana. The deejay he was working with and promoting, DJ Xclusive gave him the name Nick Diddy. “I appreciated that name; the reason he gave me that name was because I was doing a lot like P Diddy. I was running parties, organizing events, I was in the movie Ghetto Dawgs 2, music videos for Jay Z’s ‘Excuse Me Miss’ and Lil Kim’s ‘Jumpoff,’ a role in the Dave Chappelle Show and I’ve modeled clothes. I’m also in two new movies, Schools the Book of Life & Brooklyn Nights. I became one of the city’s hottest hype men. I did my job so well I was getting booked like an artist to host parties and events. I hosted an Arcangel concert; I’ve brought out Zion, Notch and De la Ghetto at Club Avalon. He has hosted a TV show through El Circuito TV. He has interviewed Tego Calderon, Notch & Zion among others.
“I decided to make the switch to being an artist. I named myself Talentino because I’m multi-talented. I love music and I feel I have the talent to display my skills not only locally, but worldwide. I have been back to the Dominican Republic to promote my music and the response has been excellent. I can rap in English and Spanish; write songs for males and females. I am releasing my album in March called “The Talent Show.” In addition, I have my own internet radio show of the same name on www.urbanlatino.com; it airs every Thursday and Saturday from 9-11pm. I talk about the music industry, interview artists and I feature some of the hottest DJs in New York City spinning music. You can get in contact with me and check out my music at www.myspace.com/talentino & www.myspace.com/datalentshow.”
