Alexis & Fido have been here since the beginning.
Fido, meanwhile, became close friends with Yandel in elementary school.
]The difficulty getting their foot in the door almost forced them to reconsider their path.
Jonathan Álvarez*
Alexis got married at a young age and moved to Pennsylvania, while Fido went into the Army.
Back then, everyone [in Cayey] would go and record there.
I already admired him, because his songs were different from everyone elses.
They had 23 songs and needed one more.
We were gonna be the last song, the 24th.
Wed get calls to be on lots of albums, but wed say no.
Making an album is really hard, especially because we write our own songs.
Every hit people have heard, to this day, has been all us.
Fourteen songs, and eleven had radio play, organically.
I loveLa Escuela, too.
Some might consider that a backhanded compliment.
Do you feel comfortable with the arc of your career, though?
We did everything ourselves: our deals with labels, publishers, booking.
We had management, but not [to that level.]
Theyve never 100 percent supported Alexis & Fido the way theyve supported [other artists.]
Theyve trusted them, invested in them, but never with us.
Its been really uphill.
Wherere all these promises they made?
Time passes, theyre disappointed, were disappointed, and thats when things get cold.
And fans notice that.
Thats why were independent now.
We learned the hard way.
Its not that we underestimate ourselves, but we did have doubts.
It was packed, and everybody was hyped, it was amazing.
Its on video somewhere.
Were you tempted to try something in that lane?Fido:At first, yes.
We did a trap with Bad Bunny, with Noriel, we did various [trap songs.]
But when they came out, people didnt really see us doing that.
We were the kings of perreo, so we felt people werent accepting us.
And Id be stuck between those two worlds.
Were gonna be like El Gran Combo, like those groups that just go on forever.
Id like to show people a side not many have heard.
I love hip-hop and trap.
I always dress the pop in, its my lifestyle.
I have more than 50 [unreleased] hip-hop tracks in the studio.
Id love to work on that, maybe release them digitally.
Not even go on tour with it or promote it, but still share it with the public.
Its very hard to maintain a career as one.
You have to dream together.
They dont understand those things the way Alexis & Fido do.
