I grew up the son of a Pentecostal Pastor in the South Bronx. I am a first generation American Puerto Rican and am Pro statehood. Nephew of Puerto Rican American Philanthropist and National Baseball Hero Roberto Clemente Walker, Edwin Anthony Lugo Walker is my full name and I do share some of my Uncle's hopefulness. Along with my vast management experience in the work force I am also affectionally known as a Nuyorican Recording Artist. I began my career on Broadway in Paul Simon’s ‘The Capeman” and at the legendary Apollo Theatre an Undefeated Winner with an R&B signature Latin Soul Sound. Today I am a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment performer. I toured Afghanistan, Korea, Japan, Spain, Italy and other far and remote regions where Americans serve. Percussionist for Christina Aguilera at Radio City Music Hall at the MTV VMA’s, I also headlined the Jazz Café in London, at the Nuyorican Poets Café and club SOB’s in New York.   My songs can be heard on MTV’s reality show Made, Jay-Z’s film state property and BBC TV show Ben’s Zoo. Multiple collaborations include Ronny Jordan, Norman Brown (Grammy Award) Judy Torres and Yomo Toro. Lugo’s Multiple Honors include a Grammy Award Certificate, NATO Diplomat Award, Second Division Infantry Award, Mercy Beat Music Award and an Area 2 Support Group Award Korea.  Lugo appeared as an Actor on ABC TV in “The Children of times Square”, at Robert Redford’s Sundance Theatre and The Hartford Stage Co.. I studied at the “Famed” Performing Arts High School in New York, the AMAS Repertory Theatre under Rosetta LeNoire in Harlem and at the University of Texas at Austin. I want to get more brilliant photographers to add to the history of my lifes work.

Songwriter & Vocalist on the Grammy Award winning “Just Chillin” by Norman Brown, Edwin Lugo aka Lugo is an Undefeated vocalist on Showtime at the Apollo and co-star on Broadway with Marc Anthony and Ruben  Blades in “Paul Simon’s The Capeman".  Lugo performed with Christina Aguilera at Radio City Music Hall at the Jazz Café in London, at the Nuyorican Poets Café and at SOB’s in New York.  Lugo is an Armed Forces Entertainment / USO Artist playing Latin Soul music for United States Service men and women all over the world including Afghanistan. Songwriter for artists Fania Legend Yomo Toro, Freestyle's Judy Torres, Jazz legend Ronny Jordan, R&B's Traci Spencer, for Jay-Z’s film “State Property”, MTV’s “Made” and the BBC’s “Ben’s Zoo”. Lugo is also a film and stage actor appearing in “The Children of times Square” with Howard Rollins, HBO’s "TREME", Robert Deniro’s “The 2-2” and at Robert Redford’s Sundance Theatre with Glen Close and Tyne Daily. He studied at Performing Arts High School, at Rossetta Lenoire's AMAS Repertory Theatre and at University of Texas at Austin. Nuyorican born and Bronx bred Lugo is The Nephew of American Baseball Hero and Puerto Rican Icon Roberto Clemente Walker.

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