Tony Touch

Joseph Anthony Hernandez (born July 2, 1969), professionally known as Tony Touch, is an American hip hop break dancer, rapper, record producer and DJ of Puerto Rican descent.

Career Tony Touch began as a B-boy during the rap music renaissance era of the early 1980s. Heavily influenced by pioneers like Crazy Legs and the Rock Steady Crew, Grandmaster Flash, Red Alert, Little Louie Vega and Jam Master Jay, he quickly shifted his interests towards the turntables. It sold 400,000 units worldwide and featured guest appearances from Big Pun, Cypress Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Busta Rhymes, Eminem, and Gang Starr.

Since then, Tony Touch has released The Piece Maker 2, which featured guest appearances from Puff Daddy, Fat Joe, Sean Paul, Snoop Dogg, and Ruben Blades.

Tony Touch is also known to represent the urban Latino community with his Spanglish lyrics and Salsa roots. This is the result of him growing up with salsa at home and hip-hop influence in his lifestyle. The lead single "Play That Song" featured Nina Sky and B-Real of Cypress Hill. This CD featured Lumidee, Plan B, Joell Ortiz, Tru Life, Don Chezina, and the Beatnuts.

In 2016 he paired up with Austin Brown to collaborate as CaliYork. They released the single "Show Up At My Place" in September.

Discography

Studio albums 2000: The Piece Maker 2002: The Last of the Pro Ricans 2004: The Piece Maker 2 2005: The Reggaetony Album 2007: Reggaetony 2 2013: The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MC's 2023: Tony Touch Presents: The Def Tape

EPs 1998: The Rican-Struction

Partial mixtape discography 1991: Hip Hop Volume 1 1996: Power Cypha: 50's MCs 1997: Power Cypha 2 1999: Power Cypha 3: The Grand Finale 2002: B-Boy Breaks 3: James Brown Tribute 2003: R&B Volume 30: The Love Session 2010: Feel Good 2011: Feel Good # 2

Collaborations 1997: 5 Deadly Venoms of Brooklyn (w/ Evil Dee, Mister Cee, PF Cuttin and Premier) 1997: The Diaz Brother (w/ Doo Wop) 1998: Hip Hop 59 ft FunkMaster Flex 1998: Terrorist Activity (w/ DJ Khaled) 1999: The Diaz Brother: 2 for 5 (w/ Doo Wop) 2000: The Diaz Brothers: Live In Japan (w/ Doo Wop) 2002: The Diaz Brothers 3 (hosted by Kay Slay) 2003: Mucho Muchacho – Chulería

Singles

+ List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AUS UK "I Wonder Why (He's the Greatest DJ)" 2000 95 68 "Play That Song" 2005 — —