Roots of Monchy & Alexandra

Ilegales is a Grammy-nominated Dominican merenhouse group, which is one of the main exponents that helped to introduce and establish the merenhouse to the mainstream and get an international audience. The band is well known by hits such as "La Morena", "El Taqui Taqui", "Tu Recuerdo", "La Otra" and "Chucucha". They were one of the first merenhouse acts to perform at Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1998 and 2003.

Eduardo José Herrera de los Ríos, also known as Eddy Herrera, is a Dominican merengue singer and winner of more than seven Casandra Awards.