Amenazzy

El Nene La Amenaza, known alternately as Amenazzy, is a Dominican singer whose summery, laid-back music crisscrosses R&B, reggaeton lite, and trap romantico. 2017 single “Solo” with Lary Over inspired a hit remix and featured Farruko alongside the original artists. Over the next three years, Amenazzy became a choice collaborator for artists including Bad Bunny, Lyanno, Don Omar, and others. He issued the star-studded EP Santo Nino in 2021.
He was born José Daniel Betances in Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1995 and began singing at an early age. After later being featured on “Despues del Party,” a 2013 single by Los Mellos on the Track, he continued to be featured on other artists’ tracks and released his own singles, eventually hitting it big in 2015 with songs like “La Chanty,” which received millions of YouTube views. “Me Hace Falta” and “Sin Maquillaje” (featuring Don Miguelo) appeared in 2016, then his debut album, Phenomenon, was released in 2017. He went on to release an assortment of collaborative tracks, most notably “Baby,” co-headlined with Farruko and Nicky Jam. The official video for the single was uploaded in December 2018 and drew hundreds of millions of views by the end of the decade. He followed it with a slew of singles in 2019, including “Se Moja,” “No Tenemos Nada,” “Otra Noche,” and “Un Mate.”
Between 2020 and 2021, Amenazzy released and/or appeared on neatly two dozen singles, including “Jalapeno,” “Calmarme,” and “No Te Enamores” with Milly, Farruko, Nio Garcia, and Jay Wheeler. The eight-song EP Santo Nino, followed in 2021. It’s track list included appearances by Noriel, Eladio Carrion, Brray, Wheeler, and Don Miguelo. ~ Paul Simpson