LATIN R&B ARTIST JT MAKES HIS SOLO DEBUT WITH 'TO MY BABY'
Claudio J. Torres was born May 21, 1982 in New York City. His parents, Riselis Minier and Bienvenido Torres, are of Dominican descent. At a very young age, his love of music and being the center of attention was evident at family gatherings, where he would imitate the Merengue bands he used to watch on the television. At the age of nine, he was sent to the Dominican Republic to improve his Spanish. He enrolled in Bellas Artes, a very well known music school in the city of Santiago, where he took piano lessons on a daily basis. His love for music grew while his talent was being honed. After spending two years in Santiago, he moved back to the United States with his parents. He joined a musically oriented youth group through his church. There he began developing his skills with different percussion instruments such as drums, güira, tambora, and congas, among others. The following year the church held a talent show. JT organized a dance group that he named Mission 005 and won fi