Real name: José Alfonso Maestre Molina

Colombian vallenato composer. (Born at December 30th, 1965, Patillal, La Guajira). From a very young age he began to learn and explore the basic elements of Vallenato folklore and at the age of 12 he was crowned Vallenato King of the children's category at the Vallenata Legend Festival. He participated in other festivals in the region in which he stood out and occupied the top positions and in 1975 he was declared the best children's voice at the Vallenato Festival alongside his brother Gustavo Maestre. Also since he was a child he trained as a composer, he graduated from the Loperena National School in Patillal and studied Social Communication in Bogotá.
His great debut came when Iván Villazón recorded the song Que Siga la fiesta for him and then great artists began to seek him out for the quality of his creations and so other artists such as Diomedes Díaz, Los Hermanos Zuleta, El Binomio de Oro, Jorge Oñate and many others. He was chosen as composer of the year in 1990 and 1991, and nominated five other times.
He has achieved other awards such as the International Golden Super Star Award and El Cacique de Oro, as the best vallenato composer in Colombia. Currently the chiche lives between Patillal and Valledupar, doing what he knows how to do best, continuing to be one of the great inspirers and interpreters of vallenato in Colombia.