Toño Rosario has been played on NTS in shows including New York Naomi, featured first on 10 January 2019. Songs played include 15,500 Noches and Kulikitaka Ti.

Máximo Antonio del Rosario (born November 3, 1955), known as Toño Rosario is a merengue singer well-known in his native Dominican Republic and Latin America. He is often mocked (even by himself) for his "ugly" looks and he even adopted the nickname "El Cuco" (The Boogeyman).

Rosario was born in Higuey, a province in the Dominican Republic. Since childhood, he and his brothers showed interest in music, even playing self-created instruments like bottle caps, plastic containers, and others. Soon…