Kumbia All Starz

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Kumbia All Starz


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Origin = flagicon|Texas Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Genre = Cumbia, Hip hop, Cumbia rap, R&B
Years_active = 2006-Present
Label = EMI
Associated_acts = Abraham Quintanilla III, Selena, Cruz Martínez, Kumbia Kings, Los Super Reyes, Flex, Melissa Jiménez
URL = http://www.kumbiaallstarz.com/
Current_members =
A.B. Quintanilla - Bass Guitar
DJ Kane - Singer Ricky Rick - Singer, Rapper Nick - Keyboards
Chris - Guitar Joey – Drums BoBBo - Keyboards Gipper - Accordion Luigi – Keyboards Ramon – Percussion Kiddo – D.J.
Past_members =PeeWee

Memo Roque

The Kumbia All Starz are a Cumbia music group from Corpus Christi, Texas. Kumbia All Starz are not to be confused with Los Kumbia Kings although some members are originally from Los Kumbia Kings. Their 2006 album debut "Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz" reached #1 on Billboard's "Latin Pop Albums" chart, #2 on the "Top Latin Albums" chart, and #68 on "The Billboard 200."allmusic|id=10:avftxq9dldae~T0|label=Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz] . The album spawned two charting singles for the band, "Chiquilla" (which reached #7 on "Hot Latin Tracks", #9 on "Latin Regional Mexican Airplay", #26 on "Latin Pop Airplay" and #31 on "Latin Tropical Airplay") and "Parece Que Va A Llover" (which reached #33 on "Latin Regional Mexican Airplay").

Kumbia Kings Controversy

Many members of Kumbia All-Starz and Los Super Reyes were formerly together as Kumbia Kings, which had lots of success but unfortunately, this was bittersweet for the group amidst the controversy and love/hate relationship between the co-founders of Kumbia Kings, A.B. Quintanilla and Cruz Martínez, as well as the other members (and ex-members) of the group. AB Quintanilla left the group and early in the summer of 2006 formed Kumbia All Starz.

Cruz Martinez continued with "Los Kumbia Kings" until he decided to change the name of the group he now headed to "Los Super Reyes". Many of the members of the Kumbia Kings opted to stay with Cruz and released their first album as Los Super Reyes in August of 2007. Their first single, entitled "Muevelo" has topped Latin radio airwaves in the U.S. as well as Latin America.

AB Quintanilla successfully petitioned Mexican courts to claim the naming rights to "Los Kumbia Kings", though there really was not much opposition. As Fellow Kumbia King founder Cruz Martinez never pursued litigation to retain or share the naming rights with Quintanilla. The name "Los Kumbia Kings" is retired according to Quintanilla, though rumors persist that "Los Kumbia Kings" will resurface at a later date with new band members.

Pee Wee Splits

Controversy again erupted on February 1 of 2008, when group member, Pee Wee, publicized his leave from Kumbia All Starz to pursue a solo career.

A press release from A.B. Quintanilla confirms rumors that Pee Wee has left the Kumbia All Starz. According to the letter, the split was amicable and there will be a search for a new member via the group’s MySpace page. ["Pee Wee leaves Kumbia All Starz" [http://holamun2.com/bodega/news/?tag=kumbia-allstarz Pee Wee leaves Kumbia All Starz] ]

The Pee Wee controversy continued onto an interview on Univisión's Don Francisco Presenta. ["Pee Wee rompio el silencio con el Don" [http://www.univision.com/content/videoplayer.jhtml?cid=1466480&clipid=0 Pee Wee on Don Francisco Presenta] ] In the interview, Pee Wee declared that the rumors of pursuing a solo career were invented by the Kumbia All-Starz leader, A.B. Quintanilla. He continued stating that during a tour in Mexico, the members did not receive pay for their performances, and that A.B. Quintanilla called him, along with all of Kumbia All-Starz's other members, replaceable. Also continuing that A.B. Quintanilla's new manager had called his mother to tell her she had 24 hours to leave her home.

Battle of the Bands

In the summer of 2008 Oscar De La Rosa leader of La Mafia challenged A.B. Quintanilla and his group Los Kumbia All Starz to a battle. A.B. Quintanilla responded by making a video saying that he accepted and that the battle will be held at Robstown, Texas on August 2, 2008. A press conference was held in San Antonio, Texas on July 30, 2008 where both groups answered questions to the fans. The two stages were set side to side and the rules were each group had to sing 3 songs in a row. The battle began as they tossed a coin to see who would sing first. Oscar called heads and heads it was ,so he elected A.B. to go first. For his first 3 songs he chose 3 Tejano songs he wrote and he got his two special guest singers Elida Reyna to sing the first two and Jesse Turner of Siggno to sing the third one. Now it was La Mafia turn to sing. They started off by singing "Estas Tocando Fuego" and two more 90's Billboard hits. Now it was Kumbia All Starz second turn to sing. They begin with there lead singer DJ Kane and Ricky Rick singing the hit single "Shhh!" and two other songs. They even got the dancers from DJ Kane's group when he was a solo singer, John and JD to be with them. La Mafia then finish 3 more songs. Kumbia All Starz sang 3 more songs then A.B. asked Oscar if they could sing one more song and Oscar said okay. Ricky Rick and Melissa Jiménez got on stage to sing the hit song "Rica Y Apretadita". La Mafia ended the night off with 3 of their biggest hits and the fans were screaming for one more song so La Mafia sang one more song. At the end La Mafia was declared the winner.

Members

*A.B. Quintanilla - Bass Guitar
*DJ Kane - Vocalist
*Ricky Rick - Vocalist, Rapper
*Nick - Keyboards
*Chris Pérez - Guitar
*Joey – Drums
*BoBBo - Keyboards
*Gipper - Accordion
*Luigi – Keyboards
*Ramon – Percussion
*Kiddo – D.J.

Albums

*2006: Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz
*2007: From Kumbia Kings To Kumbia All Starz: Fan Edition
*2008: Planeta Kumbia

ingles

*Chiquilla (2006)
*Parece Que Va A Llover (2007)
*Speedy Gonzales (2007)
*Mami-Anoche No Dormí (2007)
*Por Ti Baby (Ft. Flex) (2008)
*Rica Y Apretadita (Ft. Melissa Jiménez) (2008)

External Links

* [http://www.kumbiaallstarz.com www.KumbiaAllStarz.com]
* [http://holamun2.com/artist/kumbia+allstarz Kumbia All Starz Mun2 page]
* [http://www.mtvtr3s.com/music/hot_latin_artists/ab_quintanilla/ Kumbia All Starz MTV Tr3s page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kumbiaallstarz Kumbia All Starz MySpace]

Notes

References

*allmusic|id=11:dxfexqydldfe|Label=Kumbia All Starz