Emerito Cabrera:  

Born on January 1st 1972 in Chicago Ill, Emerito "Shadow Man" Cabrera was inspired by music starting with his childhood experiences. Music was always in the family; Shadow Man's Father Emerito "Cholo" Cabrera played One of the greatest wooden instruments in Puerto Rico called the Requinto first string classical guitar, his father played and sang in bands in NY, Chi Town, Puerto Rico, now in Florida. Along with Friends and family Like Antonio Cabrera one of his brothers who sang songs for him in one of there trios. He grew up watching a lot of Spanish language variety shows that showcased music from all over the world. When Shadow Man was 13 years old, the older kids in his neighborhood were already into what was to become "Hip Hop" and at a block party, out of his window, he saw someone scratching and mixing for the first time in his life. The way the crowd reacted was all that was needed to generate an almost fanatical curiosity. Shadow Man's older friend DJ Master Mix from chicago let him touch turntables for the first time and he proceeded to convince his mom Nidia E. Zayas to buy him some gear. And that's how it all began; A 14 year old, cutting, scratching and mimicking what he heard on the underground hip-hop radio shows 1985 Shadow Man got into disco, funk, house, acid and trance music when he was already playing freestyle and hip hop. Shadow's boys kept telling him about the Erics north Club in Chicago's N.W. side of town, which he never ended up goi...Expand for more