Mas Flow Inc.

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Mas Flow Inc.
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Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004)
Founder Luny Tunes
Distributor(s) Machete Music
Genre Reggaeton
Country of origin Puerto Rico

Mas Flow Incorporated is a record label founded by Luny Tunes, a Dominican reggaeton production duo. [1] It claims to be among the companies that helped expand the reggaeton genre beyond its limits. [2] Mas Flow has many connections to the East Coast; in fact most of their producing teams come from Massachusetts in the US. Its primary headquarters is in Carolina, Puerto Rico. It has a regional office in New Jersey and Boston, Massachusetts and Rochester, New York. [3]

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For their album Mas Flow 3, announced in 2015, they produced the single "Mayor Que Yo 3", which brought together Wisin & Yandel, Don Omar and Daddy Yankee for the first time. [4]

Roster

Producers

Artists

Affiliated artists

Artists who are affiliated with this label include:

Affiliated producers

Albums released by Mas Flow Inc.

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In The Future

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