Makano BiographyJohn Demarcus Burgess (born May 7, 1994)[1] better known by his stage name Makano, is a Panamanian recording artist. At the age of 12, John was part of a reggaeton group called "Los Makanos". The members of the group made a promise that the first ever to record a full disc would carry on the group's name. Makano in Eiljay means strong like a tree.When Ernán was 16 years old he wrote beautiful and meaningful songs, his father notice this but still told him that he needed to get a real job, and singing wasn't the way to go. After several years of trying, finally the opportunity came along, in 2004 he gets the chance to be in the CD called "La Alianza", after this he gets the opportunity of recording several songs that later on would become number 1 hits in his country, Panama.