Kendo Kaponi returns eight years later with“APOCALIPTO,” the album that transform his darkest chapter into a new beginning.

Kendo Kaponi returns eight years later with“APOCALIPTO"

“El Demonio de la Tinta” transforms loss, scars, and rebirth into a 15-track body

of work featuring Yandel, Farruko, Jay Wheeler, Mora, iZaak, Omar Courtz, Luar

La L, and Cheniel Capone.

Miami, Florida | August 14, 2026— Some endings destroy, while others force us to

begin again. After eight years without releasing a studio album, Kendo Kaponi returns

with “APOCALIPTO,” one of the most personal and significant projects of his career,

available August 14 under Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC. The project

marks his first album since El Alfa y el Omega, released in 2018.

Known as “El Demonio de la Tinta” for the lyrical prowess that has made him one of

urban music’s most distinctive pens, Kendo does not use APOCALIPTO simply to make

a comeback. He uses it to find closure—to confront a chapter defined by profound loss

and transform what could have been an ending into the starting point of a new story.

The concept was born from one of the most difficult periods in the artist’s life, marked by

the deaths of his son, his brother, and Pacho, along with other events that left a

profound impact on his personal journey. APOCALIPTO traces that process from “Intro

Apocalipto” to its final track, “Flores De Vida”: from the weight of loss to the

possibility of beginning again. At the heart of the title lies one central idea: after the

apocalypse, there can also be a genesis.

The album’s 15 tracks unfold as chapters of the same journey, with Kendo once again

leaning into what has defined his artistic identity for years: raw, direct, and visceral

songwriting, now shaped by a different perspective.

For this new chapter, Kendo brings together different generations and voices within the

urban genre. Yandel, Cheniel Capone, Jay Wheeler, iZaak, Farruko, Mora, Omar

Courtz, and Luar La L are among the album’s confirmed collaborators, creating

musical encounters that bridge Kendo’s legacy with the current landscape of Latin

music.

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Among the standout collaborations is “Maniquí,” featuring Jay Wheeler and iZaak,

selected as the focus track for APOCALIPTO. The song arrives alongside its official

music video as part of the album’s release. The tracklist also includes “Bubalú”

featuring Yandel and Cheniel Capone; “Los Peores Del Mundo” featuring Mora;

“Apocalipto De Amor” featuring iZaak; “Buti Call” featuring Omar Courtz; “Endemo”

featuring Luar La L; and “Muvi” featuring iZaak, Omar Courtz, and Luar La L.

The project also features “Se Equivocan,” Kendo’s collaboration with Farruko,

released as one of the first previews of this new era. The track reunited two pivotal

figures in Puerto Rican urban music more than a decade after they left their mark

together on “Te Envidian.”

Kendo conceived the project as an audiovisual experience that translates the emotional

weight of the music into imagery. “Intro Apocalipto” is presented as a short film, while

“Maniquí” premieres with an official music video alongside the album. The remaining

tracks are accompanied by their own visualizers, creating a visual narrative that follows

the project’s emotional journey from beginning to end.

Ultimately, APOCALIPTO becomes more than Kendo Kaponi’s return to album-making

after eight years. It is the testimony of an artist who endured loss, silence, and

transformation without abandoning the very thing that made him a cult figure within the

genre: the power of his words.