Ferreira was born in the cigar-manufacturing town of Amaceyes Tamboril, near Santiago in the Cibao region of the north-western Dominican Republic. The region is famous for merengue pĂ©rico ripao, the traditional Dominican music, and his family, all big music lovers, filled his childhood home with the music spurring ZacarĂas on to dream of becoming a musical artist himself. The desire to improve himself motivated him to leave for the country’s capital Read more on Last.fm