[1] Marte began his musical career in 1995 as a solo act, before finding underground success as part of Dominican hip hop duo Perfecto Clan.

[citation needed] By 2008, he was listed on Billboard's Top 5 Rising Latin Urban Act, with the track "Se Partio El Lapiz" being used as part of CSI: Miami's soundtrack.

[8] By 2006, Vakero was a well known name in the Dominican Hip Hop Movement, and from 2006 to 2008, he was involved in a public feud with fellow rapper, Lapiz Conciente.

[9] By early 2008, the music videos of "Se Partio El Lapiz" and "Hasta Mañana Negra Linda" were being broadcast on mun2 and mtv3.

[10] On February 28, 2008, Vakero signed a distribution deal with Sunflower Entertainment and in September 2008, Billboard ranked him as one of the Top 5 Rising Latin Urban Acts.

[11][2] On November 18, 2008, he released his second studio album "Manuel: El Cantante de los Raperos" once again through Jeremy Records and distributed by New York-based Sunflower Entertainment.

The same year, he married the American Latin Idol winner Martha Heredia, whilst touring New York, Europe and Venezuela.

[16] The same year, he released "Ay Mami" and the EP "Tu pai", with the titular song being featured in the Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 soundtrack.

[18] In the same year, he found success with the tracks "Hoy se va a Beber", "Los Zapatos" and "Demasiado" once again gaining national attention.

[1] On 27 September 2019 Vakero released his fifth album El Chulo del 23, again with influences of reggae and afropop, and with his 2013 track, "Echale Agua" and a remix of "Demasiado".