Michael Ellis

Michael F. Ellis (May 12, 1959 – December 6, 2014) was a Panamanian master record producer and founder of New Creation Entertprises (established in 1987) along with associate David Uriel in Manhattan, New York (47 Charles Street), where artists such as Edgardo Franco also known as "El General", Smooth the Hustler, Pesos, Tricky, El Profeta (Oscar Jemmoth), Carlos Miller (Carlito Miller), Owie Irie and Frank Bent also known as "Killer Ranks" were born. Michael Ellis was a pioneer international producer for the genres Spanish reggae and reggaeton.

Other titles from the Spanish reggae genre includes "The Best of Spanglish Reggae Vol. 1" produced in Creation Studios in 1998 by Michael F. Ellis, Kazey Ellis and Derrick Barrnett, also with this release given birth to the term "Spanglish" created by Michael F. Ellis meaning a mixture of English and Spanish lyrics. Streaming from New York to Puerto Rico in association with Prime entertainment, Michael F. Ellis laid the foundation for the widespread Reggaeton movement seen today.

Michael F. Ellis was the pioneer of Spanish reggae, founder of reggaeton and winning producer of "La Gaviota de Plata at the Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar, en Chile, the biggest honor in Latin music, Grammy Award winning producer of "Gran Pana", "El Maestro" and "Muevelo, Muevelo (also MTV Video Music Award – International Viewer's Choice Video of the Year 1992.)", The Premio lo Nuestro award from 1989 - 1993.

New Creation’s reach expanded far from the streets of New York and the borders of the United States. In 1988, New Creation Enterprises was the first record label to record reggaeton in Puerto Rico with titles such as, "Yo Quiero Un Amor" by Oscar Jemmoth aka El Profeta, "Ingles y Espanol" by Owie Irie, "Te vez Buena" and "Tu Pum Pum" by El General and "Hombre Murio" by Killer Ranks.