In conversation: Maluma on becoming a dad, hustling across genres and reggaeton's rise

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🗓️ 21 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The Colombian singer Maluma has a lot to be excited about these days — a world tour, a new album and a shot at exploring a different part of his humanity: being a parent.

The artist has often felt a sense of responsibility: to support up and coming artists he seeks out on social media and to showcase a more joyful, loving side of Colombia to the world. And, now, responsibility is about to take on a whole new meaning.

Following a tear-filled performance at the Tiny Desk, the artist sat down with Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre to talk about what it means now to have two loves of his life.

Audio for this episode of 'Alt.Latino' was edited and mixed by Suraya Mohamed. Our show editor is Hazel Cills and our project manager is Grace Chung. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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0:25.1	Maluma.
0:26.1	Yep.
0:27.1	Maluma and rapper and singer came through to play a tiny desk concert, and he played
0:30.6	four of our favorite songs.
0:32.5	So you're going to want to check that out on our NPR music YouTube channel.
0:37.0	After the show, he sat down to talk to me and Anna, and here is that conversation.
0:43.7	Welcome to another edition of a post-tiny desk, Alt Latino interview.
0:48.0	My name is Felix Contreras.
0:49.0	I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
0:51.0	And we have with us today.
0:53.0	Oh, just, you know.
0:54.0	Oh, look who's looking around.
0:56.0	Hey, thanks for stopping by.
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