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Funky

Puerto Rican rapper

PersonAge 52humanQ506405

Also known as Luis "Funky" Marrero

Born: January 23, 1974
Birthplace: San Juan
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: rapper
, songwriter
, record producer

Overview

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Luis Raúl Marrero, also known by his stage name Funky, is a Puerto Rican rapper. With seven solo albums and multiple jobs as a producer, Marrero is internationally recognized as a hip hop and reggaeton Christian artist. He has collaborated with Christian music musicians, including Marcos Witt, Jesus Adrian Romero, and KJ-52, and has been nominated for two Latin Grammy awards. Funky has collaborated and produced for singers Vico C, Manny Montes, KJ-52, Marcos Witt, Israel & New Breed, Julissa, DJ Blass, Redimi2, Musiko, Alex Zurdo, Lilly Gooman, and others.

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46 statements · 24% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: male
Given name: Luis
Raúl
Website: funkypr.com language: English
Label: Funkytown Music
Genre: reggaeton
contemporary Christian music
Latin hip-hop
Christian hip-hop
Pseudonym: Funky statement is subject of: stage name
Birth name: Luis Raúl Marrero Cosme
Start of work period: 1998
Instrument: voice
Discography: Funky discography
Social media followers: 2,200,000(April 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCRGY7L_DMyJeKah_jGu14fQ
1
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-04-27
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462,499(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 33394357
2,060,000(March 23, 2024) youtube channel id: UCRGY7L_DMyJeKah_jGu14fQ
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-03-23
View statement on Wikidata ↗
1,900,000(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UCRGY7L_DMyJeKah_jGu14fQ
456,848(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 33394357
1,590,000(September 29, 2021) youtube channel id: UCRGY7L_DMyJeKah_jGu14fQ
447,671(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 33394357
Family name: Marrero
Second family name in Spanish name: Cosme

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