▷ Manny Cruz Biography ◁ Age, Height, Pack, Wife, Children

Who is Manny Cruz?

Emmanuel Cruz Sánchez  , better known as Manny Cruz, is a Dominican singer-songwriter, exponent of the Merengue and Bachata genre, who throughout his successful musical career has achieved hits such as; Tell me yes, I don’t believe it, You know how to fall in love, Imagine me without you, The gates of heaven, Santo Domingo , among others. Manny Cruz was born on April 26, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and is currently married to his wife Yeri Peguero with whom he has had two children named Mateo and Montserrat.

Biography of Manny Cruz

Beginnings in the life of Manny Cruz

Emmanuel Cruz Sánchez, better known in the world of musical entertainment under the stage name of Manny Cruz,He was born on April 26, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His father is of Cuban origin and responds to the name of Sergio Cruz, while his mother is the Dominican Milagros Sánchez; In addition, it is our knowledge that he has two brothers who respond to the names of: Sergio Cruz and Daniel Santacruz, who also works as a singer. Manny Cruz’s childhood and adolescence were spent in Santo Domingo, although at the age of 14 his family moved to Miami, Florida, United States. While there, he made the decision to study Music Business at Miami Dade College, clearly influenced by his brother, Daniel Santacruz, who was the first to formally venture into a musical career, and with whom Manny had a close relationship at the time. .

The beginnings of his artistic career are usually located shortly before 2016, when Manny Cruz  was part of different groups (among which we can mention the Rikarena merengue orchestras, the Kinito Méndez orchestra, and the musical group called Ilegales) at the same time who was promoter of the musical project of Rita Indiana and Daniel Santacruz. However, it was not until 2016 when Manny Cruz made the decision to start his career as a soloist.

However, before talking about his undertaking on the path to success, we must point out that since 2010, Manny Cruz began to have attempts to venture into the world of music as a soloist, although these first approaches were unsuccessful. However, characterized by impressive perseverance coupled with his deep love for music, Manny managed to rise from that fall.

Regarding this issue, he has commented in different interviews that he suffered above all in the economic aspect, since he had invested practically all his savings in this commitment to his artistic vocation; Fortunately, he had the unconditional support of his brother Daniel Santacruz: “I am very grateful to my brother Daniel because in those moments I had a very bad time, I did not know what was going to happen to my career, that it was in decline, that I had a lot of uncertainty , he helped me a lot emotionally and economically, because this career emotionally plays a lot with you, it is not easy, it is like a roller coaster.”

With these words, Manny Cruz recounts one of the most difficult moments of his life, where he successfully passed the test of love towards his vocation. At the same time that he warns that it is not easy to develop in the artistic environment, so that only a few who truly have passion and love for art are those who, over time, succeed in the entertainment world.

It was in this way that in 2016 Manny Cruz  began with the interpretation of singles classified in the pop-ballad genre, although with the passage of time it would be defined more in the musical genre of merengue. His musical influences are his brother Daniel Santacruz and the singer Wilfrido Vargas. Manny Cruz ‘s debut came with the song “Sorenatural”, which propelled him to success.

Trajectory and history of Manny Cruz

The following year, in 2017, Manny Cruz turned out to be the winner of the Solo Singer of the Year award in the event known as the Sovereign Awards , thanks to his single “Sobrenatural”, it was also around these times when he stood out as a composer with the single known under the title “Deja vu”, which was performed by Shakira and Prince Royce; This is how he received what was his first Latin Grammy from him.

It was the same way this year when he was a participant in different theater musicals, while recording commercial jingles and joining the musical group registered in the pop genre known by the name of Aura, in which he would last almost four years. one of Manny Cruz’s great personal and professional successes.

A short time later, in 2018, Manny Cruz was again nominated at the Soberanos Awards with the categories of: “Composer of the Year”, “Album of the Year” and “Solo Singer” ; a year later in  2019 he released the single “You know how to fall in love”, which went viral in a very short time on various streaming platforms. Shortly after, a remix version of the song came out, and Manny Cruz increased his fame with the singles “Bailando contigo”, “I don’t believe it” (in collaboration with artist Eddy Herrera) and “En esta Navidad”.

This is how we got to last year 2020, when Manny Cruz released the album called Imaginarme Sin Ti, whose main single of the same title had a successful remix version and released the album known as Love Dande Merengue.

Throughout so many musical successes, Manny Cruz has commented that although his career has experienced ups and downs like any other, without a doubt he would not change anything about everything he has lived because they have been experiences that have enriched his personal and professional life. ; this is how he commented in a recent interview; “I would not change the trajectory that I have gone through, I went through moments of many vicissitudes, I have made my line, a very long line from 2007 to here, and I believe that all this has taught me to value each step I climb more, each song I play. I launch and see how people accept it; I value each nomination, each award greatly because it took me a long time to get to where I am, although I know that there is still a long way to go.”

In addition to the song “Imagine me without you”, in the middle of 2021  Manny Cruz made a successful tribute to Juan Luis Guerra , he also continued to release more and more songs that became popular with the public such as ” Your 15 springs, I would like to be, Santo Domingo, The double voice, The gates of heaven, I am Complete, where were you? , among many more who continued to consolidate the career of this great exponent of bachata and merengue music.

Later, and after a time of fighting for a place within the music industry, Manny Cruz was nominated for the 2021 Premios Juventud in the “New Male Generation” category, in which he competed with other great music stars who, like him, At that time they were taking off in their musical careers like Fran Rozzano , Guaynaa ,  Jay Wheeler ,  Llane ,  Mora , Khea  and Mati Gómez . About his nomination the singer commented; “I would like to say so much, but, I refer to gratitude. Thank you for considering me in this highly competitive category, as a good beginner, I already feel like a winner”.

After several successes in his professional career, in March 2022 he started a new project by being part of “Tu cara me suena” a reality show that would be premiering on Univisión and for the first time simultaneously on Televisa. In the program “Your face sounds to me” Manny Cruz was a participant  in the program along with  Helen Ochoa , Michael Stuart , Kika Edgar , Christian Daniel , among others. The program achieved very good audience levels because without a doubt the reality show had great personalities from show business such as; Angélica Vale , Víctor Manuelle , Rafael Araneda  and  Charytín, among others.

Children and wife of Manny Cruz

Manny Cruz and Yeri Peguero

Regarding the love life of the singer Manny Cruz, he decided in 2014 to unite his life with Yeri Peguero who became his wife , however, until relatively recently, Manny Cruz got the scare of his life when his beloved wife , Yeri, had to be hospitalized in an emergency due to the current Covid-19 pandemic.

The singer Manny Cruz did not stop keeping his followers and the entertainment press informed about his wife’s health, this is how when she was finally discharged, he was grateful to God, because his wife’s situation became complicated to such an extent that she remained intubated for 9 days. This is how the artist refers that: ” They were very difficult days where Yeri spent 20 days hospitalized, nine of them asleep and intubated on an artificial ventilator in intensive care and where she had to have an emergency caesarean section.”

As a result of this caesarean section, their daughter came into the world whom they named as Montserrat, who came to be in danger due to the disease that attacked her mother. There is no doubt that the love relationship between the singer Manny Cruz and Yeri Peguero is based on a very strong bond, since it is not surprising that the artist is used to publishing material on his social networks in which we can see him very happy sharing different moments. special with your loved one. It is thus, for example, that we can cite the occasion of the celebration of Manny Cruz’s birthday, celebrated just shortly after Yeri Peguero came out of the danger of death in which he put the Covid-19:“The best birthday present that God could give me today, being with my wife and seeing her daily improvement Yeri. Hopefully soon we can be at home” Manny wrote as a description of a photo uploaded to his Instagram social network account.

Pack de Manny Cruz

Although on social networks and the internet people search a lot for the Manny Cruz pack or photos in which he can be seen scantily clad or in sensual poses, the truth is that currently there is no Manny Cruz pack other than those photos. that the artist has published on his own networks and that could be considered sexy.

How much is Manny Cruz’s fortune?

This is one of the questions that people ask themselves about Manny Cruz and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about the fortune of this great star that is Manny Cruz within the middle of the show, even so, more than being interested in the fortune of a person, the important thing is the talent he has and what he has done that he is among the great figures of the international show business.