Background
Stuart was born in New York City, to Puerto Rican parents who settled in the 1960s after migrating from Puerto Rico. Stuart grew up listening to hip hop and rock music
Stuart was born in New York City, to Puerto Rican parents who settled in the 1960s after migrating from Puerto Rico. Stuart grew up listening to hip hop and rock music
There Stuart received his primary and secondary education. He grew to love many kinds of music, especially Latin music lieutenant was Domingo Quiñones who had influenced Stuart"s style of singing.
In 1996, Stuart recorded his first Civil Defense, Cuento de la Vecinidad (Tale of the Neighborhood), which included a remake of Michael Jackson"s "The Lady in My Life".
His debut Civil Defense was a hit in the Hispanic community. That year Stuart also sang in a Banco Popular production honoring Bobby Capó, featuring Danny Rivera, José Feliciano, and Chucho Avellanet.
In 1998, Stuart recorded his second Civil Defense, Retratos (Pictures). He also debuted in the Puerto Rican version of the musical play Jesus Christ Superstar in San Juan, alongside Olga Tañón.
In the 1998 Banco Popular production honoring composer Rafael Hernández, Stuart sang alongside Ricky Martin and Gilberto Santa Rosa.
In 2000, Stuart released his third album, Subeme el Volumen (Bring up the Volume). That year he sang "Algo En Ella" ("Something in Her") for the film soundtrack of Under Suspicion, a movie that included the participation of Miguel Ángel Suárez and Nydia Caro. The soundtrack also included songs by fellow Puerto Ricans Carlos Ponce, Ednita Nazario and Olga Tañón.
Stuart also sang two songs in Obra Maestra (Masterpiece) by Eddie Palmieri and the late Tito Puente.
In 2002, Stuart released his fourth Civil Defense, Michael Stuart. In 2004, Stuart released the Latin People’s album Sin Miedo, which was nominated for Latin Grammy Awards of 2005 for Best Tropical-Contemporary Album of the Year.
In 2005, he starred in a musical event titled Homenajes that toured throughout the United States, South America, and Europe, paying tribute to historic performers of Latin music In 2006, Stuart released Back to da Barrio, which is a salsa album of notable reggaeton songs sung by other reggaeton artists, such as "Ven Bailalo", "Pobre Diabla", and "Mayor Quebec Yo"..
Stuart is active in the music business and participates on stage productions in Puerto Rico.
Stuart participated in a beach festival named "Back to School", on August 9, 2008.
He was awarded the Farandula Magazine "New Artist of the Year 1996-1997 Award" and The Tropical New Artist 1997 Award by the Tu Musica Awards and was nominated for the "New Artist of the Year" at the Lo Nuestro Awards in 1997. Among the awards that he won for this recording were the "New Salsa Artist Award" and the Paoli Award. Stuart was awarded the "Best New Actors Award" by the Theater Circle for his performance. In 1999, Stuart received a special recognition from the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, and he also received the "Peoples Choice Award" in the Tropical category at the Tu Music Awards.
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