Jorh-el Aburto, better known by his stage name J Smooth, is an American rapper, music video director and hip hop producer from Los Angeles, California. His musical career began in 2006 when he released a mixtape (CD) which primarily included remixes of popular songs at the time and freestyles over existing beats. This started to get him attention in the South Bay (San Pedro, Carson, Long beach) and Los Angeles area. In the same year he landed a spot on the Wilmer Valderama executive produced show on MTV Yo Momma which gave him more exposure and he was given an opening act spot for Pitbull. From there, he landed a headlining spot for the Feria Agostina Nicaragüense (aka Los Angeles Nicaraguan Festival), which continued to open doors for him–leading to performances for the Puerto Rican Festival, Colombian Festival, Salvadorian Festival, Guatemalan Festival, Bolivian Festival and Central American Festival, all in California. From there he was invited to Miami, Florida for the Expo Nica (aka Nicaraguan Festival) and Orange Festival in Orlando, Florida.