Nicky Jam: El Ganador

This series provides a phenomenal recap of Nicky Jam's life story and the many challenges that he had to face before becoming a top Reggaeton artist.

I found it very insightful and particularly enjoyed the way in which the documentary is structured and the story is told. Although the story is narrated with actors, Nicky Jam plays himself in the present time. Additionally, each episode includes interview footage of Nicky's take on the specific part of his life that is reflected on the episode.

It is impressive how honest his interview seems to be. We are able to see a raw Nicky, disclosing painful moments of his life while being extremely vocally self critical.

I honestly stumbled upon this series on Netflix and did not have any expectations. However, upon seeing the beginning of the story, I could not stop. After a few episodes, I was completely absorbed by his life story and have now a lot of respect for him as an artist.

Would definitely recommend for anyone wanting to understand a bit more of the world of Reggaeton through the lens of one of its top artist.

I do not like most series and think a lot of TV series are overhyped, so I did not watch this with a lot of expectation, but this series is one of the best I have ever seen. The story of Nicky Jam - which I did not know before - is very interesting to see and the real background of the script does a lot to help the atmosphere and the acting. The actor who portrays the young Nicky Jam, does an excellent job and the rest of the cast is also very good. I especially enjoyed that Nicky Jam does not try to hide his dark sides - drugs and his rough upbringing - and shows how he managed to get his life back in control with the help of music and love. Overall this series has excellent picture, great music and a compelling story. Maybe sometimes it tries to make him look a little better than in reality, but it still is excellent. Highly recommended series - not very long too. The series is not about milking every penny, but more about art. There is only one "season" of the series with 13 episodes.

I have been a reggaeton fan since the mid 2000s. Review based on the first three episodes. This is a good show, it's hard for me to stop watching, would be easy to binge watch it. Acting is solid, I appreciate the Puerto Rican slang, I'm used to Mexican Spanish so it's very different. This series is worth watching especially if you're a reggaeton fan, it's a well-told story.

Muy buena la serie. Nos muestra a un Nicky Jam auténtico, humano y talentoso.

Can't believe that at the time of writing this, this TV series has only 2 reviews! That's ridiculous frankly. I know that the latin movies may be viewed as a subculture but it is still a subculture that is bigger then this right?

Anyway, to cut to the chase, I was actually not a huge fan of Nicky Jam's music before watching this. However, after, I appreciate his music much more, maybe because of the background information that this gave.

The casting is ok. Photo is likewise. It is a very interesting story I think of how this guys life kind of goes spiraling. Although his life was probably hard I guess others from his barrio probably had it even harder. I mean, he is an artist at least, although partially struggling...and again, maybe the latin culture and music really was even smaller back then.

Highly recommend watching this.