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Birth name | Omar Jose Navarro |
Also known as | El Gran Omar |
Born | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico |
Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Real Music Group (2003–2004) Universal Latino (2004) Filtro Musik (2005–2006) Go! Records (2008-present) |
Omar Jose Navarro,[1] known professionally as Gran Omar, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, and record producer.[2] He has received production and writing on credits on various albums between 1996 and 2006 by Ivy Queen his former wife. These albums including En Mi Imperio (1996), The Original Rude Girl (1998), Diva (2003), Real (2004) and Flashback (2005). These albums have been met with commercial and critical success within the Latin community. Several singles from these albums have featured Gran Omar including "Quiero Saber" and "Guillaera" among others. They met while in the all-male hip-hop group "The Noise".[3]