Half of superstar duo Wisin & Yandel, the singer launches his first solo album with a new label and new management.

For more than 14 years, Llandel Veguilla Malave has been one half of Wisin & Yandel, the most established and successful reggaeton duo in the market. Two people but one entity, indivisible. One was taller, one more muscular, but they were still a unit, two of the same -- almost indistinguishable with their shaved heads, aviator glasses and hoodies.

In conversation, Wisin was the talker, Yandel the more reflective one. The roles were coherent with their stage personas: Wisin is the rapper, Yandel the singer.

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