Artist description Solo artist. Writer, producer, vocalist.

Music Style Rhythm & Blues - Urban

Musical Influences Boyz II Men, Shai, Baby Face, Mariah Carey

Similar Artists Baby Face, Mint Condition

Artist History Look no further; The Platinum Wonder Has Arrived!!JP short for John Puga, is every record labels'dream artist. This vibrant young artist is anastounding Producer with over 150 slammin' tracks.He mesmerizes audiences singing in two languages,(English and Spanish), with a four-octave range.He won All-State trumpet player in Texas for threeyears in a row. He also plays the piano and he theindustry market look, handsome. This green-eyedLatino turns heads on a regular basis. The womenadore him, and the fella's area copping his style.The suave debonair stands 6'1", 210 lbs., andsix-packed with moves Ricky Martin is sure totake lessons from. Music is JP's life. Singing,instrumentation, computers, math and nature arejust some of his special interests. He wasinfluenced to pursue his music career fromlistening and studying artist such as MariahCarey, Boyz II Men, Shai, Babyface and Jon B.JP is a native Houstonian and has performed inHouston, as well as Brownsville, McAllen,San Antonio, and other Texas cities.JP has left his audiences in total awe afterevery performance. "Who is that, where is hefrom, what's the name of his album",Are a few of the questions people usuallyask once JP has exited the stage."I want to sing timeless songs, that everyonecan relate to.." says JP. He goes on to say,"I take advantage of and every opportunity theLord gives me to succeed in. life." Life hasn'talways been easy for JP, yet he's learned toclimb out of the barrels of despair by puredetermination of self-motivation. At a youngerage, JP lost his Father in a tragic car accident,which is also severely scarred his only brother.His mother was away for a long time, so JP becamethe parent figure for his brother. While stillattending school, he began working various jobs tosupport the two. Over the years, his break camerecently while working at a CD manufacturing plantwhen JP just happened to ask a customer about hisinvolvement in the music industry. The customerasked JP for a card. He replied, "I don't have acard, but I can sing for you". JP sang two songs,one in English and the other in Spanish. Instantlythe gentleman was blown away and immediatelycontacted his office, which in turn contactedone of Houston's top record executives,S.L. Marshall of The Music District, Inc.The rest is history. Mr. Marshall and themanagement team took JP under their knowledgeablewing and began nurturing his multi-talents into adynamo. Today, JP is definitely on his way tobecome the next multi-platinum artist. Stay tuned...

Group Members John Puga aka JP

Instruments Piano, Trumpet, Guitar

Albums My Angel

Press Reviews Platinum Magazine

Location Houston, Texas - USA

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