Lápiz Conciente

Avelino Junior Figueroa Rodríguez (born January 24, 1983), known musically as Lápiz Conciente (Lit. "Conscious Pencil"), is a Dominican rapper. He is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop in the Dominican Republic. In 2013 he was nominated for the Premios Juventud, in the category My Urban Artist, In 2016, he was awarded at the Latin Music Italian Awards, and in 2017 was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards for Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song, "Papa" in collaboration with Vico C. He was placed number forty-eight on the list of the "50 Greats in the History of Spanish-Language Rap According to Rolling Stone.