Tego Calderon originally began as a participant in Puerto Rican hip hop contests on television during the 1990s where many contemporary acts were discovered such as Eddie Dee, Wisin y Yandel among others... Though this led Tego to know Eddie Dee and DJ Adam whom would become his main collaborators during his most successful years, originally, Calderon was rejected by most producers and dj's at the time. DJ Adam in an interview with Puerto Rican podcast/YOUTUBE personality Chente Ydrach (click here to listen on itunes) revealed that Tego originally was going to be a part of the seminal classic underground album DJ Adam's 'Mad Jam' but Calderon's style was too eccentric and underdeveloped that he was taken out of the final tracklist.