Editing Rafo Muñiz

{{short description|Puerto Rican actor and comedian}}
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[[File:Rafo Muñiz.jpg|200px|thumb|Rafo Muñiz in 1989]]
'''Rafael Emilio Muñiz García de la Noceda''', better known as '''Rafo Muñiz''' (born  September 13, 1956), is a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] actor, comedian, director, and producer of television shows and concerts.

The son of pioneering comic actor and producer [[Tommy Muñiz]], Rafo's acting career began in the role of "Miguel" in "Gloria y Miguel", which aired on  [[WAPA-TV|WAPA]] in [[Puerto Rico]]. After graduating high school, he starred alongside his father as his father's son in law in the sitcom ''[[Los García]]'' (''The Garcias''), also on WAPA, during the late 1970s.

From there on, Rafo had on and off work as an actor, but by 1985, he had become a game show host at [[WAPA-TV]]. By that era also, he established a company named Promotores Latinos, where he performs as company President and main show producer. Promotores Latinos is now known as ProLat Entertainment.

Since  the 1980s, Muñiz has been one of the top music promoters/managers in Puerto Rico, and his firm, ProLat Entertainment, has represented artists such as [[Jennifer Lopez]],<ref>
{{cite news
|title=J. Lo finds her roots in Puerto Rico 
|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-
|date=2001-09-25
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VIIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6709,1463484&dq=rafo+muñiz&hl=en
}}</ref> [[Rubén Blades]], [[Olga Tañón]],<ref>
{{cite news
 |date        = 2001-03-02
 |title       = Olga Tañón y Rita Moreno actuarán juntas en película
 |newspaper   = Critica
 |url         = http://www.critica.com.pa/archivo/03022001/variedad.html
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927162220/http://www.critica.com.pa/archivo/03022001/variedad.html
 |archivedate = 2011-09-27
}}</ref> [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]],<ref>
{{ cite news
|title=Salsero Gilberto Santa Rosa Branches Out With New Album 
|first=Leila 
|last=Cobo
|date=2010-06-25
|newspaper=Billboard
|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957607/salsero-gilberto-santa-rosa-branches-out-with-new-album
}}</ref> and others in their concerts in Puerto Rico, [[Venezuela]] and [[Panama]].  Tanon split from his company in 2002, and Muñiz sued her for breach of contract.<ref>
{{cite news
|newspaper=El Universo
|date=2002-07-16
|title=Música Olga Tañón es contrademandada por productor artístico 
|author=AP
|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2002/07/16/0001/259/CC17F7A6C24D4119ADBF5F710B8D9667.html
}}</ref> He quickly signed another [[merengue (music)|Merengue]] singer, [[Melina León]] and TV personality, [[Silverio Pérez]], to be represented by him. He also represented the late [[Luis Raúl]], a Puerto Rican stand up comedian, and singer [[Jailene Cintrón]]. Some of his projects in the mainland U.S. include "ViVa Puente" a star-studded tribute to the late Puerto Rican superstar Tito Puente in New York, L.A., Miami and Dallas. He has produced concerts at [[Carnegie Hall]], [[Lincoln Center]], the [[Jackie Gleason Theater]], and [[Madison Square Garden]], among other venues. Currently, he is the manager of [[salsa music]] singer [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]], [[latin pop]] singer [[Yolandita Monge]], and author Uka Green.

==See also==
*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]

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