![]() Dalex scored his first single on the chart in June, with “Pa Mi” (featuring Rafa Pabón) reaching No. 24 Sech broke into the top five with debut single “Otro Trago” (featuring Darell). Four are by Quiles, including three as a solo act - an anomaly in reggaetón, where artists usually need features to boost a song’s success. Key Stats: Rich Music has landed six entries on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart since 2016. Josh says the label’s goals are clearer than ever: “For Dalex and Sech to become superstars, and for Dímelo Flow to become the Latin DJ Khaled.” “We liked the fact that he was different,” says Rich. Dímelo Flow’s first success was turning the label onto Sech, a Panamenian artist who sings reggaetón with traces of dancehall and R&B. By the start of 2017, Rich had struck a distribution deal for Quiles through Warner, expanding the label’s reach.Īrtists: In 2017, Rich signed Quiles’ producer, Dímelo Flow, as an artist, and also hired him as head of A&R. “This was tooth and nail,” recalls Rich of running the family business from their small house. Six years later, after Rich’s car dealership closed during the recession, he turned to Rich Music full time and brought on Josh, now 30, as COO. It also has signed rising acts like Puerto Rico’s Dalex and Panama’s Sech together, their R&B take on reggaetón is leading Rich Music down a path of its own in a saturated urban market.īackground: Born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican parents, Rich, 49, launched his label 12 years ago to jump-start his brother’s short-lived musical career through Rich Music, he got him a distribution deal with Epic Records. The label has grown to 17 employees, all of whom work at the Social Hive, its Miami-based office built inside a refurbished warehouse in the Wynwood District. Since then, Rich Music has been quiet - until now. A month later, Quiles’ first single, “Orgullo,” was on the radio. “We didn’t have money,” recalls Rich, so they sold their cars, gave Quiles a $10,000 advance and signed him to a recording contract. He called his father, Rich Mendez, a former car-dealership owner who founded the Rich Music label in 2007, and they scheduled a recording session with Quiles later that day. ![]() He couldn’t understand what the young reggaetonero was singing, but he liked the melodies. ![]() ![]() In August 2013, Josh Mendez was at a barbershop in Kissimmee, Fla., just south of Orlando, when he heard Justin Quiles playing on the stereo. ![]()
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