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Martha Ivelisse Pesante (born March 4, 1972) is a Puerto Rican Latin Grammy nominated reggaetón composer and singer. She is most commonly known as Ivy Queen "La Reina Del Reggaeton" (The Queen of Reggaeton). She is also referred to as "The Queen of Bachata" and La Mama De Los Pollitos (The Mother of the Baby Chicks). She has many nicknames including: La Reina (The Queen), La Diva (The Diva), La Perra (The Bitch), La Caballota, La Cocorota, La Bandolera and La Potra.
Early years
Martha Ivelisse Pesante, also known as Ivy Queen was born in Añasco, Puerto Rico. When she was young, Ivy Queen's parents moved to New York City where she was raised. Her parents returned to their hometown of Añasco when Ivy was in her teens. There she spent her time perfecting her craft while hanging out with barber/rapper chu chu tren. When she was 18, Ivy Queen moved to San Juan where she met rapper and producer, DJ Negro, who introduced her to a group called "The Noise," with whom she wrote and performed her first song "Somos Raperos Pero No Delincuentes" (We're Rappers, But Not Delinquents). She became tired with the violent and sexual themes often used in reggaeton, and wished to write about a variety of subjects.
Singing career
Soon, DJ Negro convinced Ivy Queen to go solo and in 1997, she made her solo debut with the recording of the album En Mi Imperio (In My Empire) for the Sony International Records '97" award, naming her "The Peoples Favorite Rap Singer", by Artista magazine. In 1999, Ivy Queen released her second album, for the Sony Label, titled The Original Rude Girl which carried the following hit songs "In the Zone", "Que Sabes Tu" ("What Do You Know?") and "The King and the Queen". It sold more than her first album and was highly acclaimed. Then after five years without releasing an album, Ivy's third album Diva, was released in 2003. The songs were originally written by her and performed with the participation of various artists. It featured the hit songs "Quiero Bailar" and "Papi Te Quiero". After the United States RIAA certified that Diva had sold more than 100,000 copies and went Platinum,Diva (Platinum Edition) was released in 2004. The update to the CD added several remixes of her most popular songs from the Diva album. Ivy Queen's fourth album Real followed quickly and was also released in 2004. It featured the hit song "Dile". The album had guest artists such as Hector "El Father", Mikey Perfecto, Fat Joe, and La India. Ivy then released an LP entitled Real Streets on March 29, 2005. Ivy's first compilation album The Best of Ivy Queen was released the same year and was a compilation of her best work, which added 4 previously unreleased songs. On October 29, 2005 she released her fifth studio album titled Flashback. It contained the new singles "Cuentale" and "Libertad" along with the older hit "Quiero Bailar". The following year Ivy Queen, along with Gran Omar presented the reggaeton compilation album Cosa Nostra: Hip Hop. In April 2007, Ivy Queen released her sixth studio album entitled Sentimiento. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Latin charts, making it her highest debut ever on the charts. The lead single of the album "Que Lloren" became a Top 10 hit on the Latin Songs chart. The second single off the album "En Que Fallamos" peaked at No. 44 only to stay on the charts for two weeks. Then after going Platinum, on November 20, 2007, Sentimiento: Platinum Edition was released. After almost a year, in 2008, she released the single Dime, and she would focus on her seventh studio album. Ivy Queen then released her seventh studio album, Drama Queen on July 13, 2010. It stayed on the charts for 5 weeks, peaking at No. 3 making it her highest album peak ever. A deluxe edition of Drama Queen was then released in late 2010, in a CD/DVD combo. Since then, Ivy Queen has been working on her eighth studio album Musa, which is set to be released by at least June 2012.
Rivalries
Calle 13
After the 2008 Latin Grammys, where Calle 13 had won some awards for his use of Reggaeton in his music, Ivy Queen complained about them winning the awards and thought they should have went to "real" reggaeton artists. "She’s been a hypocrite with me. She’ll say hi and then she says these negative things later on. And I’m left saying, "My God, I can’t believe it." - Residente from Calle 13. Calle 13 then released a diss track "to all the crybabies of the Reggaeton genre" titled Q'Lloren. Which responded to Ivy Queen's single Que Lloren. In the song Q'Lloren he says Hey Ivy, I’m going to bring you a razor so you can cut your veins. She responded by releasing a song of her own title Tiraera A Calle 13. She would then go on to say "He doesn’t realize the grave mistake he is making. My 15 year career isn’t going to be tainted by someone that is always on a mushroom trip. I am not a hypocrite. I met him Residente and told him what I felt, and later I called him and told him: "I don’t know you, you don’t know me. I think it’s disrespectful that you are an alternative music artist and you get up to collect the reggaeton awards using our beat."
Temperamento and La Nina
Reggaeton artist Termperamento and La Nina (LA-NEE-NA) released a song entitled "Tiraera Pa' Ivy Queen". The flow resembled that of Ivy Queen's hit single from 2003, "Quiero Bailar" and switched lyrics of the song from "Yo Quiero Bailar, to, Yo Quiero Matar" (English: I want to dance to I want to kill you) and Eso no quiero decir, que pa la cama voy with Eso no quiero decir que no te mato hoy (English: That doesn't mean, I'm going to your bed with that doesn't mean that I won't kill you today.) In the song they talk about her hair, face, nails, ears, breasts, and various other things. Ivy Queen would then responded with "No Hacen Na" (English: They Don't Do Anything).
Personal life
Ivy Queen was previously married to fellow reggaeton artist Gran Omar and divorced in 2005. In 2008, she resumed her studies, intending to conclude her high school education. She stated that the reason behind this decision was to "deliver a message to young people".
