Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978 ,is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-rapper and actor

Early life

William Omar Landrón Rivera is the oldest son of William Landrón and Luz Antonia Rivera. He was raised in Santurce, a barrio of San Juan Puerto Rico, specifically in the Villa Palmeras area. From an early age, he showed interest in the music of Vico C and Brewley MC, but never actually followed it.

Generes	Reggeaton, pop, rap, R&B
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, composer, CEO, actor, rapper
Years active	1999–present

Personal life

William Omar Landrón is the father of four children. He married forecaster/journalist Jackie Guerrido on April 18, 2008. Divorce rumors surrounded the couple two years into the marriage and were compounded by comments Landrón made via Twitter. In March 2011, it was revealed they had divorced. Landrón is banned from Univision, after Univision got involved with his marriage, he is no longer allowed to attend any award shows from Univision. Omar is also the owner of Orfanato Music Group.

In 2002, Don Omar's career took a turn when Hector El Bambino,famous member of the duo Héctor y Tito, heard and decided tosponsor him as a music producer. It was then adopted the nameLandrón Don Omar and began to participate as a composer in productions of other artists, including The 9 pests. Tito wrote severalsongs for solo, and after emphasizing songwriting duo worked withHector and Tito in the production A La Reconquista. He also workedalongside MVP, Grayskull (You're warming up), The Godfather (Let) and Da'Flex, among others

Although his lyrics has weighed on the charge of fomenting violenceand invite the sex, strong rhythm and sensual dance that characterizes reggaeton (a fusion of classic salsa, Puerto RicanBomba and the traditional urban rhythm of Hip Hop) has providedbest-selling and very popular. His latest contribution to the genre hasbeen the song Dale Don Dale, with whom he has sold over 60,000 copies of his album The Last Don, he held for several weeks the top of the Billboard Latin.