Willie Estrada

Willie Estrada is Dancer, Author, Actor, Entertainer and Music Business Impresario. He got his start in 1974 as a Dancer with the Latin Symbolics Dance Company in New York City. Later he lead a Rock dance team called "The Rock Masters" where he gained city-wide fame winning numerous dance contests. When Disco was all the rage, Willie was recruited by "The Latin Hustle Team" with dance partners Maggie Solis and Millie Silva. After his foray into the Latin Hustle and Disco scenes, Willie went on to work in Concert Promotions in nightclubs like Faces Grand Ballroom and Bond International Casino where he parlayed his popularity as a Dancer to help make Bond's the number one nightclub in the City. Never one to rest, Willie worked with the biggest Latin Concert Promoters in the business including David Maldonado and Ralph Mercado. All through the 1980's, his promotions company, "Willie Estrada Presents", was a household name for all the party-goers in New York. At the close of the "Disco Era", Willie became a Booking Agent and Promoter for some of the biggest Latino Music talents like Wisin y Yandel, Aventura, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, Enrique Iglesias, India, Xtreme, Gloria Trevi, Toby Love, Tego, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Ivy Queen, Frankie Negron, and many others. In 2009, he was honored by Latin Pride Magazine as Latin Music Impresario of the Year, at the Latin Pride National Awards for his outstanding work with some of the premier Latin Artist in the United States. All of Willie's experience in the Entertainment field prepared him for his most recent ventures. He recently authored a book titled; "The Dancing Gangsters of the South Bronx." A true story of the 1970s gang violence in the South Bronx and how peace was achieved by introducing the Latin Hustle dance as an alternative to violence. More recently Willie works as a Technical Consultant on the Netflix hit series, "The Get Down", where he collaborates directly with Creator Baz Luhrmann. You might even recognize his face as he portrays "Papa Fuerte's" (Jimmy Smits) right hand man on the show in a recurring role.