Original Fat
Panamanian urban and plena artist Original Fat (born Rogelio Pineda) is
associated with Colón’s street-party circuit, first stepping onstage as a dancer
before moving to the mic and building a name in the local tropical/urban scene.
By the early 2000s he was already being recognized in Panama’s awards circuit—he
received an Orquídea de Oro in 2003—and he kept widening his catalog with
crowd-tested songs that sit between plena swagger, romantic melódico hooks, and
barrio storytelling. Across the years he has been linked to staples such as “A
Distancia,” “La Movie Es Otra,” and “Co...
