[1] Jonny Z first began working with producer Doug Rasheed in the mid 1990s.
[2] In 1996 he released "Latin Swing" which peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music Chart.
Jonny Z is considered to be a pioneer of Latin Hip-Hop, due to him being one of the first Latinos combining bass music with salsa, mambo, and regional Mexican banda.
[4] The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States - Volume 2 - Page 301 states: "A new style of Latina and Latino hip-hop was created in Miami and Texas by the bass rappers DJ Laz and Jonny Z, who mixed Latin styles with bass music"....[5][6] Besides bass music, he also recorded some funk-influenced hip hop on his earlier albums.
He also was the first Latino American to incorporate not only Spanglish in his raps, but more explicit words and phrases.