Became a trash culture icon in 2000 for writing and co-performing (with
Yurena) the controversial hit song "No Cambié".
Took his last name "Dantés" from Edmond Dantès, the main character in
Alexandre Dumas's novel "The Count of Monte Cristo", a book he had loved as a
kid.
Composed the first gay love song ever released in Spain, "Enamorado de
Javier" ("In Love with Javier").