El Chombo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Clark and the second or maternal family name is Donalds.

Rodney Sebastian Clark Donalds (born November 27, 1969), better known by his stage name El Chombo,^{[note 1][1]} is a Panamanian reggaeton artist and producer. He is best known for the hit songs "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita", which both became Internet memes.

El Chombo
Birth name	Rodney Sebastian Clark Donalds
Also known as	El Chombo Rodney S. Clark
Born	(1969-11-27) November 27, 1969 (age 55) Panama City, Panama
Genres	Reggaeton
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Oilers Music, Energy Music Corp., Epic

Works

His major local hits under his own name include "Kung Fu", "El Gato Volador", "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita" (which features Jamaican dancehall musician Cutty Ranks).

As a producer, El Chombo is best known for producing Lorna's 2003 hit single "Papi chulo... (te traigo el mmmm...)", which served as an introduction of reggaeton for many Europeans, reaching number one on the French charts with top ten appearances in Greece, Italy, India, Turkey and the Netherlands. He also released an EP called Macarron Chacarron containing many mixes of his hits.

In 2006, there was a campaign on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom to get the song "Chacarron Macarron" to number one on the UK Singles Chart; in the end, it peaked number 20 on the chart.

In March 2018, "Dame Tu Cosita" became a viral Internet dance challenge and meme.

Discography

Albums

Spanish Oil series

• Spanish Oil 1 (1995)
• Spanish Oil 2 (1996)
• Spanish Oil 3 (1997)
• Spanish Oil 4 (1998)
• Spanish Oil 5 (1999)
• Spanish Oil Plus (1999)

Cuentos de la Cripta

• Cuentos de la Cripta 1 (1996)
• Cuentos de la Cripta 2 (1997)
• Cuentos de la Cripta 3 (1999)
• Cuentos de la Cripta Remixes (2001)
• Cuentos de la Cripta 4 (2003)
• Cuentos de la Cripta Platinum (2004)

La Mafia series

• La Mafia 1 (2000)
• La Mafia 2 (2001)

El Chombo and Predikador

• El Chombo and Predikador – ReggaeMania Vol. 1 (2003)
• El Chombo and Predikador – Expedientes Vol. 4 (2004)
• El Chombo and Predikador – Criptonita Vol. 2 (2004)
• El Chombo and Predikador – Súper Galleta Vol. 2 (2004)
• El Chombo and Predikador – La Dinastía

Others

• El Chombo featuring Deenovo – Planet Ganja Vol. 1 (1999)
• La Banda (2000)
• El Chombo and DJ Pablito – El Imperio (2000)
• El Chombo and DJ Pablito – El Pentágono 2 (2000)
• Apocalipsis (2002)
• El Chombo and Andy Van Attes – Expedientes 2 (2001)
• El Chombo and Andy Van Attes – Expedientes 3 (2002)
• Super Galleta (2002)
• La Criptonita (2003)
• La Criptonita V3.03 (2007)

Singles

As lead artist

Singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Album
		CAN [2]	FIN [3]	FRA [4]	SWE [5]	UK [6]	US [7]	US Latin [8]	ARG [9]
"El Gato Volador"	1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Chacarron Macarron"	2005	—	2	—	41	20	—	—	—
"Dame Tu Cosita"	2018	37	—	75	—	—	36	1	—	Cuentos de la Cripta 2
"Dame Tu Cosita" (Remix) (with Pitbull and Karol G)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31	Non-album single

As producer

Singles as producer, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		BEL (FL) [10]	BEL (WA) [11]	FRA [12]	ITA [13]	NET [14]	SPA [15]	SWE [16]	SWI [17]
"Papi chulo... (te traigo el mmmm...)" (performed by Lorna)	2003	12	2	1	2	3	18	49	12	BEL: Gold FRA: Gold	Non-album single

Reference notes

1. In Panama, Chombo refers to a black person but is generally a derogatory term.