Porta biography

Porta (Cristian Jiménez Bundo) born July 2, 1988 in Barcelona, Spain is a hip-hop and rap artist. His artistic name coming from the nickname "El Portador" which over time was shortened to become solely Porta.

First making contact with Rap and Hip-Hop culture when he was nine, he began to record rap songs when he was thirteen, compiling his demos and releasing his first album, No Es Cuestión De Edades, in 2006. This was followed in 2007 with No hay truco. An animated video for Dragon ball rap attracted over 5 million internet views worldwide. He describes himself as an Internet product, as most of his fame has been spread through internet sites such as [link=http://www.myspace.com/porta1]MySpace[/link] and YouTube. His songs are spread through downloads from the internet, and he has beaten many records in internet downloads.

He was given a recording contract by Universal, who released his major-label debut album, En Boca De Tantos, in 2008, the album reaching the top ten in the Spanish chart, Porta's fame has now spread to many Spanish speaking countries around the world.

He is associated with many related acts such as Bazzel and Chus.