Vin Diesel Went To A Romeo Santos Concert To Announce The Bachata Star Will Be In "Fast & Furious 7"

The beloved Dominican crooner joins the blockbuster franchise for the seventh movie, to be released in 2015.

Romeo Santos, a popular bachata singer, who's been making a mainstream crossover with collaborations with Usher, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and others, is joining the cast of Fast & Furious 7.

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NOTICIA EXCLUSIVA! Romeo Santos Participara en la Pelicula "Fast and Furious 7" a lado de Vin Diesel!

Fri May 23 05:25:52 UTC+0000 2014

Vin Diesel made the announcement on stage at a Romeo Santos concert because, obviously.

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Twitter became excited.

culuaa @HelloPinkyy

Whattttt, romeo santos is coming out in fast and furious 7 , I must see that

02:36 PM - 23 May 2014

Lu @Luisaafer_

woke up to by far the best news ever my baby @RomeoSantosPage is going to be in Fast 7!!! Yassss!!! So happy!!!! :-D

02:59 PM - 23 May 2014

There were hearts.

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Lots of hearts.

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Much has been made of the Fast & Furious franchise's strategy to employ a multi-ethnic cast of actors with huge social media followings.

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Santos is no slouch in that department, with 19 million Facebook fans and more than 2 million Twitter followers.

Miriam Serrano @Miriams0808

@RomeoSantosPage on Fast and Furious 7. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Fri May 23 04:58:58 UTC+0000 2014

See you soon.