Calderón participated on the 2004 and 2005 editions of New York's Puerto Rican Day parade. During this timeframe he became the first Latin American artist to be included on New York's Power-105. Calderón's influence among Latin American youth was noted in a featured published by the Village Voice. The publication claimed that he had "almost single-handedly. .. steered his country’s dominant youth culture out of the island and Latino neighborhoods, and into the American stream of pop consciousness.” Around this time Tego Calderon still remained a fixture in popular Latin music thanks to international hits such as the Don Omar led "Bandoleros" (notably included in ) and "Quitate Tu Pa Ponerme Yo" from Eddie Dee's "12 Discipulos" compilation album featuring a plethora of Spanish Hip Hop and Reggaeton stars such as Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen, Zion y Lennox, Nicky Jam, among others...