Prince Royce
Birth Name:
Geoffrey Royce Rojas
Birth Place:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor
Fast Facts
- Received La Musa Award from the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013
- Was awarded the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Inspira Award in 2016
- Was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame in 2017
- Won Latin songwriter of the year at the 2013 Broadcast Music Inc․ Awards
- Became interested in a musical career after taking a poetry-writing class in high school
- Quote: "[on "Darte Un Beso"] "I think for me I just wanted to do something different with Bachata․ That's why I came up with the whole ukulele and reggae vibe․""
- Quote: "[on "La Voz"] "With kids it's a whole other ball game, but you have a lot of fun and they are here to have fun, not to make money․ They just want to be on stage singing and learning and that's what we are doing․""
- Released his first English-language album in 2015
- Singer and songwriter of bachata music