Valerie Morales Biography

Valerie Morales, also known simply as Valerie or Valeria is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and radio and television personality, who has worked with a variety of musical performers including Daddy Yankee, Eddie Dee, and Hector & Tito, among others. She was born and raised in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Morales began her acting career in 2001 and her musical career in 2003.

Career

In 2001, Morales began appearing in various sketches for comedies on Puerto Rican television "under the production of Tony Mojena Television, an affiliate of Telemundo in Puerto Rico, which included programs such as "El Gran Bejuco", "Susa y Epifanio", "Dame un Break" among others". Morales "saw a need for actors and extras, and eventually started a little talent agency to assist some of her friends find jobs in television as well". She later began appearing in videos for reggaetón artists, when the women that were originally picked could not be there. These included Trebol Clan and Ranking Stone, among others. She has worked with La X 100.7 FM, Univision Radio in New York and KQ103 in Orlando. She is currently working for CBS Radio.

While going to college full-time, Morales would sing in "locales" where she was the only female. In 2003, she met with long-time friend Noriega. After listening to a song performed by Nelly and Kelly Rowland ("Dilemma"), Morales "ended up singing lyrics she wrote to a similar melody" of the song. She then signed a contract with the record label Flow Music, after Noriega offered her an opportunity to record as a reggaetón artist. That year, she recorded her first big hit "Te Exitaré", which charted on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, peaking at number thirty-five.

The following year, she particated in The Noise Biographía with "Lo Que Quiero Es Bailar". Morales was the back-up singer for duo Wisin & Yandel's first three concerts also playing Yandel's girlfriend in the movie Mi Vida. Her 2004 single "Ven y Baila" was featured on Noriega's Contra La Corriente (2004). Eddie Dee then called Morales, and told her "Look, we need you to do a chorus" and this was turned into "Donde Hubo Fuego" with Daddy Yankee which appeared on the former's 2004 album 12 Discipulos.

Her debut studio album Mi Flow was released in 2007. The album featured "commerical" material, "full of reggaetón ballads" and "clean lyrics" that "women can relate to". Mi Flow did not include "tiraeras (beef between two or more artists) associated with the Reggaetón genre". It featured production by DJ Memo and DJ Carmin among others signed to Flow Music and collaborations with K-Mill, Cidelis and Las Guanabanas. In 2008, her self-written "Doble Vida" served as the theme song for the telenovela El Rostro de Analía on Telemundo.