Maluma: On becoming a dad, hustling across genres and reggaeton's rise in Colombia

Alt.Latino

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🗓️ 20 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.

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0:00.0	Keeping up with the news can feel like a 24-hour job.
0:05.0	Luckily, it is our job.
0:07.2	Every hour on the NPR News Now podcast, we take the latest, most important stories happening,
0:11.9	and we package them into five-minute episodes.
0:14.7	So you can easily squeeze them in between meetings and on your way to that thing.
0:19.5	Listen to the NPR News Now podcast.
0:22.7	Now.
0:23.8	Hey there, guess who stopped by the NPR office the other day?
0:27.3	Maluma.
0:28.5	Yep, the Colombian rapper and singer came through to play a Tiny Desk concert, and he played
0:32.9	four of our favorite songs, so you're going to want to check that out on our NPR music YouTube
0:38.0	channel. After the show, he sat down to talk to me and Anna, and here is that conversation.
0:45.6	Welcome to another edition of a post-Tiny Desk Alt-Latino. Interview, my name's Felix Contranas.
0:51.5	I'm Anna Maria Sayer. And we have with us today.
0:55.1	Oh, just, you know. Oh, look who dropped by.
0:58.7	Hey, thanks for stopping by.
1:00.1	Oh, thank you, guys. This is amazing to be here. Thank you. Appreciate that. Thank you.
1:05.4	Great tiny dust concert, but we have some questions that go,
1:08.7	get a little bit more understanding of the music and behind the music.
1:11.6	And you, and you.
1:12.8	I mean, obviously you're coming all the way from Colombia, which we're so honored when we have anyone, seriously, from anywhere in Latin America come through these doors because we know what it means to the people who watch at home.
1:23.3	We have a huge audience who really, really cares.
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