Juan Gotti is tagged as: chicano rap, sureno rap, rap, hip hop, hip-hop Juan Gotti (born Juan Ramos) is a Mexican American rapper who was born in Eagle Pass, Texas, relocated briefly to Galveston at a young age, before settling in Houston’s infamous South Side. Reared in a tough gang-riddled barrio, Ramos proved to be a “diamond in the rough,” getting in trouble but all the while expressing potential as an artist. Ramos eventually mastered the artistry of airbrushing low riders and tattooing; the musicianship of drumming and playing bass guitar; and, the techniques of DJing. But, all this talent was put on hold as Ramos went to the TDC penitentiary for five years. Resuming a free life in 1997, Ramos by chance tattooed Dope House rapper Low G, who invited him out to a South Park Mexican concert. South Park Mexican turned out to be old schoolmate Carlos Coy reinvented as a Latino rap sensation. That began Ramos’ unofficial rap-game apprenticeship as “Juan Gotti” with SPM and Dope House Records, filling in for Low G at low rider and rap shows around Houston from 1998. Citing DJ Screw, Street Military, Ramón Ayala and Control Machete as influences, Gotti’s first single “Mira Lo Que Pasa” a year later “blew up,” as he puts it. The full album, No Set Trippin’, dropped in 2002, q... Read More About Juan Gotti Biography... ![]() ![]() |
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