# El Cartel Records

El Cartel Records (formerly known as Los Cangris Inc. and El Cartel Productions) is a Puerto Rican record label. The release of Barrio Fino, Daddy Yankee's first commercially successful album, is notable for being the label's first distributed album.

## Artists

| Act | Year signed | Albums under Cartel | Description |
| Daddy Yankee | 1997 | 13 | Rapper from San Juan, Puerto Rico, he founded the label in 1997, The first song under this label is "Peligro" from the album "DJ Goldy 3 The Melody". |
| Brytiago | 2015 | - | Artist from Puerto Rico, presented in Yankee's single "Alerta Roja". |
| Pusho (el MVP) | 2014 | - | He is a rapper from Puerto Rico, who is famous for freestyle's in the internet. He is currently not signed with El Cartel Records anymore and now is part of Casa Blanca Records. |
| Merk Montes | 2013 | - | Rapper from United States. Formerly known as J-Merk from the collective 'Mascare Musical' with De La Ghetto & Alex Kyza. |
| Los De La Nza | 2007 | 3 | Duo composed of producer's Eli El Musicologo & Menes El De La Nazza. |

## Former artists

| Act | Years on the label | Albums under Cartel | Description |
| Rubio & Joel | 1999-2000 | 1 | Former hip hop/reggae duo. |
| Nicky Jam | 2002–2003 | 1 | Co-founder of Los Cangris Music Inc., and formerly a member of Los Cangris with Daddy Yankee during 1999-2003. |
| Guelo Star | 2003 | — | Artist and backing vocalist of Daddy Yankee. |
| Tommy Viera | 2004-2006 | - | Reggaeton artist. |
| Los Jedis | 2004-2006 | - | Trio composed of producers Alex Monserrate, Shimmy, & DJ Urba. |
| Miguelito | 2006-2008 | - | Reggaeton artist. |
| Falo | 2007-2009 | - | Radio personality and reggaeton artist. Previously shared a rivalry with Daddy Yankee. |
| Gerry Capó | 2010 | 1 | Latin R&B artist and composer. |
| Carnal | 2010-2014 | | Reggaeton artist. |
| Pinto Picasso | 2014-2018 | 0 | Reggaeton artist who had several singles released under the label. First appeared in Imperio Nazza Top Secret. |

## Albums

| Artist | Album | Details |
| Daddy Yankee | El Cartel: Los Intocables | Released: August 26, 1997 El Cartel & Guatauba Produccion's The first produccion's of El Cartel |
| Rubio & Joel | Gritos De Guerra | Released: 2000 El Cartel & Guatauba Produccion's Album debut of Rubio & Jeol |
| Daddy Yankee | El Cartel II: Los Cangris | Released: March 15, 2001 El Cartel Produccion's, Picol Enterprises And Pina Records |
| Daddy Yankee | El Cangri.com | Released: June 20, 2002 Los Cangris Music Inc. & VI Music. RIAA certification: Gold |
| Nicky Jam | Salón de La Fama | Released: July 1, 2003 Los Cangris Music Inc. and White Lion Records. The hit's of Nicky Jam album. |
| Daddy Yankee | Los Homerun-Es De Yankee, Vol. 1 | Released: August, 2003 Los Cangris Music Inc. and VI Music. The hit's underground of Daddy Yankee during 90's. |
| Daddy Yankee | Barrio Fino | Released: July 13, 2004 El Cartel Records, VI Music and UMG RIAA certification: Multi-Platinum, Latin Grammy Awards winner, more of 1.500.000 copies in the world. The best album of reggaeton music of the history. |
| Daddy Yankee | Barrio Fino en Directo | Released: December 13, 2005 El Cartel Records, Interscope Records and UMG CD-DVD disc |
| Daddy Yankee | Tormenta Tropical, Vol. 1 | Released: 2006 El Cartel Records, Interscope Records and UMG CD-DVD disc |
| Miguelito | Más Grande Que Tú | Released: December 19, 2006 El Cartel Records and Machete Music Album debut of Miguelito. |
| Miguelito | Más Grande Que Tú Limited Edition | Released: 2007 El Cartel Records and Machete Music. CD/DVD Ft's DVD with Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Wisin & Yandel, Héctor el Father, Marco Antonio Solís, etc. |
| Daddy Yankee | El Cartel III: The Big Boss | Released: June 5, 2007 El Cartel Records, Interscope Records & UMG. The second best album of the reggaeton music in the story. |
| Miguelito | El Heredero | Released: December 18, 2007 El Cartel Records and Machete Music. This album is winner of the Latin Grammy. |
| Daddy Yankee | Talento de Barrio | Released: August 12, 2008 El Cartel Records and Machete Music. Is a Soundtrack for the movie Talento de Barrio. |
| Daddy Yankee | Daddy Yankee Mundial | Released: 27 April 2010 El Cartel Records and Sony Music Latin. In this album combined many Latin styles of the music. |
| Daddy Yankee | Daddy Yankee Prestige | Released: September 11, 2012 El Cartel Records, EMI Music and Capitol Latin. Tactful one of the best album's of the Reggaeton. |
| Farruko + Los De La Nazza | Farruko Edition | Released: May 24, 2013 El Cartel Records and Nazza Records. The sixth volume of the series El Imperio Nazza. |
| Daddy Yankee + Los De La Nazza | King Daddy | Released: October 29, 2013 El Cartel Records. The seventh volume of the series El Imperio Nazza. |

## Mixtapes

* 2010: Gerry Capo - Bastardo: Mixtape
* 2011: Carnal + Los De La Nazza - Carnal (The Mixtape)
* 2012: Los De La Nazza - El Imperio Nazza
* 2012: Los De La Nazza - El Imperio Nazza: Gold Edition
* 2012: Gotay + Los De La Nazza - Imperio Nazza: Gotay Edition
* 2012: J Alvarez + Los De La Nazza - Imperio Nazza: J Alvarez Edition
* 2013: Jowell & Randy + Los De La Nazza - Imperio Nazza: Doxis Edition
* 2013: Carnal + Los De La Nazza - Carnal: ReenCarnal
* 2014: Los De La Nazza - Imperio Nazza: Top Secret Edition

## Coming soon

* Daddy Yankee - El Disco Duro (El Cartel Records/EMI/Capitol Latin)