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Records. "Freestyle"(also known as Club or Latin Hip-hop), was a subgenre of Hip-hop fused with Salsa music (most noted in the percussion) whose origins go back to the early 1980s in the Latino communities of New
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LaMond has released seven albums (five via Sony Music) between 1989 and 2014. Best known for his 1989 #25 Billboard debut, "Bad of the Heart", and his #1 salsa smash, "Que Te Vas". He also had a 2008 Top 5 radio hit, "Don’t Stop
Believin’".
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Columbia Records/Sony Music, and George was signed to a major recording deal. His debut album, also titled
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