Raul Acosta was born in Santo Domingo capital city of the Dominican Republic September 8th 1971. Born to Rafael Santo Acosta and Madrecita Bautista, he was the 3rd of 4 children. Both parents were very active in sports and music giving Raul a great appreciation of the two fields. At the age of 7, he and his brother Ivan, Rafael and the other neighborhood kids founded a pre adolescent music group called Los Sobrinos Del Rey. It was a Dominican version of the Jackson 5. With this early experience, Raul was bale to develop at an early age his musical talent as well as his stage pressence. At the age of 8 the group did two nationally telivised performances on the government TV station channel 4 for a TV show called Amarillis Con Los Ninos. At 9 years old the family moved to the United States like every other immigrant family, to work hard and prosper. With no English skills, Raul moved to Jersey City,NJ to start his new life. Years later, he moved to Union City where the hispanic culture was way more affluent. There he graduted grammer and high school as well as began his studies of music and sound engineering. In grammer school, at 10 years old, he started his entrepreneurial spirits by opening up newspaper routes as well as aiding in bodegas. Shoveling snow for money was another duty he loved to perform. In high school he depend his studies of music and engineering by joining Kennedy's Music World, a local music school. There he worked retail and operated the music studio as well as helped students in classes. In 1990 after graduating high school, he held different positions within the Hudson County government. In 1994 he released his self-titled debut album, Oro Solido. To his amazement, it was the beginning of a long exciting career. The albums came almost every year after that. With hits like Ta Cache, La Tanguita Roja, Maria se Fue, El Baile del Beeper, Una Nalgadita, La Morena, and many more, Oro Solido, positioned itself as one of the biggest latin music performers in the world. They've broke many barriers when it comes to performing in anglo media and having their music played on anglo radio. The group holds the record of amounts of thongs collected on stage. Raul Acosta has won and been nominated for many awards, including Premios Estrella, Premios ACE y Premio Lo Nuestro. The group regularly performs in all of the latin media shows including the biggest, Don Francisco. It did the first merengue performance on Fox 5 news New York and The Jerry Lewis Telethon. Oro Solido is a regular in the NY Dominican, Hispanic and Puerto Rican Parades. Extraordinary performances include NY City Hall, Gracie Mansion and Constitutional Hall in Washington, DC. Also over 5 performances in the Great Madison Square Garden as well as other famous arenas like the Universal City Amphitheater in Los Angeles, El Socalo de Mexico, Estadio Modelo de Ecuador, El Monumento in Dominican Republic and the Meadowlands in NJ. His discography partnership with Sony, Platano and 24k records have proven to be great experiences in Raul's career. The group has shared stage with artist like 50 cent, Leann Rhymes, Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony, Fat Joe, Johnny Ventura, Wilfrido Vargas, Tito Puente, El Gran Combo and The Temptations among others. Oro Solido also does benefit work with different organizations like World Vision, March of Dimes, The Wheelchair Foundation, Health Plus, Verizon and the City of NY's Commission of Domestic Violence. Oro Solido is also affiliated to the Supercanal Caribe cable latin station and STI Mobile. STI Mobile is one of the top US phone companies which carries the Oro Solido Phonecard. Since Oro Solido has one of the biggest market shares in latin music presentations world wide, it is one of the most promising acts to be able to knock on the door of the US main stream markets. The new fusion of Merengue, Hip-Hop and R&B will be one of the leading sounds of the new century. The new album is on the way for 2006.