How I Made It: Omar Apollo

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Documentary

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, while working at a fast food restaurant, Omar Apollo found his first breakthrough on Spotify with the song "Ugotme." Four years later, he has amassed more than 100 million streams on the platform and has toured internationally.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:02.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Juliette Virgil Garcia, a lifelong educator and the proud recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
0:16.0	Today, it's my great honor to wish Latino USA a very happy 30th anniversary.
0:22.7	Muchizabeth gracias for 30 years of informing, challenging, and inspiring us.
0:28.3	Felicidadis to all at Latino USA.
0:32.3	This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Culture.
0:36.5	It's Latino USA.
0:37.3	It's Latino USA.
0:42.2	I'm Maria Inojosa. We bring you stories that are underreported, but that matter to you overlooked by the rest of the media. And while the country
0:47.1	is struggling to deal with these problems, we listen to the stories of black and Latino
0:50.7	studios. A united Latino front. A cultural renaissance.
0:54.7	Organizing at the forefront of the movement.
0:58.0	I'm Maria Inojosa.
0:59.6	No Se Bayan.
1:02.6	Hello, Latino USA listener.
1:05.1	Hey, here is a show from Los Archivos.
1:08.5	Enjoy.
1:10.6	I loved seeing how people reacted when somebody was singing. from Los Archivos. Enjoy.
1:21.1	I loved seeing how people reacted when somebody was singing stuff like that that would give you goosebumps or like that kind of stuff. I want to be able to do that.
1:27.2	I still don't know if I do that, but it was just something I've always wanted to do.
1:29.9	I don't need what you need.
1:32.3	I'm somebody by you.
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