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AQ Top 5 Storytellers: Residente

By Leani García

This Puerto Rican rapper's quest to learn his own story gave a platform for others to tell their own.

This article is adapted from AQ's most recent print issue | See the rest of our Top 5 Latin American Storytellers | Leer en español

‘‘I wanted to make music in different parts of the world because I needed the voices of the world to tell their own stories.”

With those words, Residente, the 40-year-old Puerto Rican rapper, producer,...

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