Nacional is home to Rock, Hip Hop, Electronic, Musica Mexicana, Pop and other diverse sounds from around the world and sometimes down the block.
Some of our artists past and present include or included: Ana Tijoux, Manu Chao, Bomba Estéreo, Tom Tom Club, La Vida Boheme, Diego Garcia, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jungle Fire, Nortec Collective, ChocQuibTown, El Mató a Un Policía Motorizado, Alex Anwandter, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Cheo, YADAM, La Dame Blanche, Tomasa del Real, Los Master Plus and so many more amazing artists that you should be discovering.
Cookman is the president and owner of Cookman International,[1] a multi-faceted company that specializes in artist management, publishing, marketing, special events such as the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) and Supersonico, original content (La Hora Nacional TV show on MTV Tr3s and weekly radio show, LAMC Mixtape on SiriusXM) and the Latino Loop (a weekly industry newsletter emailed to over 100,000 tastemakers) among other endeavors.
Nacional Records music has appeared in many top movies, videogames, TV shows and commercials, including Breaking Bad, Jersey Shore, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, EA Sports' FIFA Games Series,[3] Need For Speed, Jack & Jill, Fast Food Nation, Entourage, CSI Miami, Ugly Betty, Target, ESPN[4] and others.
Since May 2013, Nacional Records and Search Party Music created together El Search Party, a new venture focusing on Latin music placement and licensing[4] In a June 2009 article about Nacional, Cookman was hailed as a "self-propelled phenom", by Jonny Whiteside in LA Weekly.