growing up in two different worlds isn't easy but not only did she do it effortlessly she used her
experiences to hone her craft and prepare for a future as a professional singer and performer
her intense work ethic and positive attitude led to her immediate success upon her debut and also
helped her overcome a very embarrassing moment that would have had many other artists throw in
the towel let's find out whatever happened to dominican american pop singer kat de luna cat
de luna born kathleen and perez de luna came into the world on november 26 1987 in the boogie down
bronx new york her parents decided to move back to their homeland by awana dominican republic
with kat and her two younger sisters when she was just a toddler while living there
she began singing around the age of three in talent shows and doing television performances
shyness was never an issue for her as she felt very comfortable on stage
maybe it's in the jeans since both of her parents also sang when they were younger
kat also began writing her own songs at age nine she her sisters and her mother would return to
the u.s years later when her parents divorced financially things were not good for the family
kat's mother didn't speak english so that limited her job options her mother did however
have a talent for baking so she started selling dominican cakes in a local park
while her mother hustled to make a living for the family kat showcased her artistic skills by
singing and dancing right alongside her as she worked she would eventually gain some attention
and land opening gigs performing at local festivals in the new york and new jersey area
for other artists such as puerto rican singer la india and new york salsa king marc anthony
by her early teens kat made the official decision that singing and performing would be her career
her family settled in newark new jersey upon their return to the country and she opted to
attend a high school specializing in visual and performing arts where she would become a
classically trained first soprano at 15 she would enter a coca-cola sponsored karaoke competition
she brought the house down and won singing whitney houston's i will always love you she
originally wanted to participate on the american version of the television show pop stars that
would launch nicole scherzinger's career however she was too young at the time she would then take
matters into her own hands and go on to create an r b girl group with people from her school
by 2006 kat had left the group to pursue a solo career and shortly after signed a deal with epic
records in may 2007 the 19 year old dropped her debut single called wine up the catchy reggae
fusion track also features dance dancehall artist elephantman and showcases cats singing back and
forth between english and spanish she even raps on the song and it's so forceful and authentic
that many publications have mistakenly credited puerto rican singer evie queen as the source
it would peak at the number 29 position on the billboard hot 100 chart go all the way
to number one on the dance club chart and become her biggest hit to date fun fact the first time
she heard the song on the radio she jumped out of the car she was in almost getting hit twice
and stopped everyone passing by to tell them that she was an artist and that it was her song playing
her debut album titled nine lives dropped that summer
the title represents the number of record labels that turned her down before she got her deal with
epic the project helmed by super producer red one also released two second singles
a us exclusive called am i dreaming which didn't do very well and run the show an international
release that received considerable airplay and had great success on the charts in several countries
in fact the experience of touring overseas would gain cat a lot of career success and help her
find new inspiration she started right after why not blew up and she was shocked by the reception
she spoke about it in an interview with ramezcla.com in 2017 saying
people in france knew every single word to the rap part in spanish
i feel like traveling and touring is really where i grew up and matured i've done a lot of
shows and countries that other people won't do and a lot of people say why would you go there
but i think it's not about me it's about inspiring other people in 2010 she landed the number one
spot on a billboard magazine top 10 list but it's not for what you would think two years prior
in september 2008 katz sang the star-spangled banner at a dallas cowboys philadelphia eagles
monday night football game she struggled to remember the words and complete shaky runs
then she received a scathing round of booze before leaving the field she spoke to radio host
shea diddy from 106.1 kmel in 2015 about what really happened i was going through a lot yeah
around that time vocally i was going through a lot from one plane to the other one strep throat out
you know that was the thing that day honestly i would have to say as a vocalist you know because
i just looked at as a vocalist i was not in my a game i should have never done the the performance
that day and then on the mid-stage right in the middle my in-ears turn off oh nice that's why
one point i was like and i could not hear myself at all so then that's when i messed up that note
but then it happens by late 2008 a third single from her album called in the end was released
internationally the song ended up being her first to not be released at all in the u.s
and as a result of a lack of promotion it barely made a dent on the charts subsequently kat was
dropped from epic records but in the blink of an eye she inked a new deal with universal motown
before the year came to an end she would begin work on her second album
and drop a new single on her myspace page and official website kat would go through
many ups and downs over nearly two years before her follow-up album would be released
at the top of the year she released unstoppable featuring rapper lil wayne
in january 2009 it was slated to be the first single off her album but that plan was cancelled
the following month the digital only promotion track dance by lalo dropped it's a little odd that
the hard-hitting dance track never ended up on the album since it did receive a positive reception
the track that would end up being the lead single for her album called push push featuring
senegalese american singer akon was released that spring the single had great commercial
success internationally mostly in belgium and france later in the year possibly due to cats
increasing success overseas she signed a new contract with universal music belgium
the second single called party o'clock dropped on itunes one month before the
album release date the track stirred up some controversy several months later
when triple threat superstar jennifer lopez's song
on the floor hit the airwaves cats fans as well as critics claimed the song plagiarized party o'clock
katz spoke to new york hip-hop radio station hot 97's jennifer lay also known as jen from brooklyn
in 2016 about how the media made it a much bigger deal than it was nothing like that
ever had happened to me so i feel like when that happened i didn't understand it at first
it just came out of nowhere so it was the media i mean i'm a huge fan of jlo how could i ever
say anything negative about her like her gloria estefan you know they were women pioneers for me
as a latino american they opened the doors for us so you know it was just a lot of dumb saying and
then i said i'm like i didn't say nothing i mean you know we work with the same producer um who
has read one who was amazing and it just it just so happened maybe our songs were alike you know
but it who knows kat's sophomore album was finally released on november 5th 2010 in belgium two other
versions were also released in france and japan the following year as well as three more singles
including dance tonight which following in the footsteps of wine up went to number one
on the dance club chart the album would not be released in the u.s since she was planning to do a
separate second album exclusively for her american fans titled viva out loud but that never happened
kat actually wouldn't put out another album for six years but the music never stopped
she would continue to release singles on itunes and her official youtube channel
several of the tracks including wanna see you dance
bum bum featuring panty drop in r b singer trey songz and spanish language sobredocis
were included on her third album titled loading released in the summer of 2016.
the compilation album also includes four new songs including the single what a night featuring
american r b singer jeremiah cat picked up the pace again two years later releasing her first
latin trap song nueva actitude featuring fellows straight out of new york dominican american singer
at the end of 2018 her two newest tracks to date called last night in miami
and only one were released in the summer of 2019.
cat's talents and interests don't just stop at music
she's also a big candle lover and even makes her own from time to time
cooking is another passion that fans can see her showcase on her official youtube channel
on february 3rd 2021 kat posted a message on instagram that she had tested positive for covid19
three weeks prior gracias adios it turned out to be a mild case that she recovered from
quickly and not too long after she was back doing what she does
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