Fabio Acosta began his career in 2002, when he joined EMI Latin in Miami as an assistant to Lucas Piña, who at the time was the label's director of radio and promotion.
From that platform, Acosta went on to launch his own independent radio promotion company, Akela Family Music."I worked with lots of artists, many number ones," he said. "Maná: Their hits on U.S.
radio from 2008 to the present were done with Akela. I worked a few years with Daddy Yankee and Juanes, too. We developed Fonseca's career."By then, Acosta already knew manager Rebeca León, whom he had met at EMI when she was the assistant to then-president Jorge Pino. "We always had a working relationship, even after she went elsewhere," he said. "She called me one day and said:.