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Whether Jose El Rey was born from Miami or Miami from Jose El Rey is an issue open for debate. Regardless of who's loins sprang who, it's clear that everything Jose understands about ladies, love, and music he learned by the time he was 11. In 1989.

"I remember listening to 2 Live Crew at Abuela Victorina's house, and I was shocked and aroused by all the bad words," says the Rey.

That state of befuddlement, delightfully slippery confusion, and arrested development have formed who he is today: A self-proclaimed playa thriving on Miami bass beats, studying the lyrics of "Diamond Girl" by the dim lights of his grandmother's collection of religious candles.

Sure, he's been called sexist. And rude. His response? "Yeah,
I am the sexiest. but, I am totally not rude," claims El Rey. "I hold
the door for the ladies and even sometimes give them a ride back to their house."

Seeing Jose El Rey live is more Miami than watching Uncle Luke perform at Santa's Enchanted Forest. But with less lights. And more sexual tension. And really, isn't that what Miami's all about?