Presenting Alt.Latino: The rapper Farruko on finding God — and a whole new sound

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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From our friends at Alt.Latino, Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado to talk about creating the character of Farruko, developing a relationship with God and spreading a message of love.

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0:00.0	From NPR Music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Ana Maria Sayer.
0:05.0	And I'm Felix Contreba.
0:07.0	You know what? I love Felix. I love a lot of things, but specifically when we bring on a guest
0:14.0	and they have such a gripping pivotal moment that's happened in their lives and their careers,
0:21.0	something that sets them up like having a, I don't know, like a BCAD type of situation, you know?
0:27.0	Yeah, everybody loves a good transformation story.
0:29.0	Plus it makes our jobs a lot easier.
0:32.0	And it was like that for our guest this week, Carlos Efren Reyes Rosado from Miami,
0:38.2	Mon Puerto Rico, otherwise known as Farruco.
0:41.0	In case that named in Ranginy Bells, I can guarantee you've heard the song, Peppa.
0:47.0	Felix, can you sing them a little for us?
0:50.0	You don't want to hear it. I'm going to try. No, no, no, no, no, you don't want to hear it.
0:53.0	What? You have to give it a try. Come on.
0:56.0	Don't you sing it part of the song? No, no, no, no, no, no. I'll set you up.
1:00.0	I'll set you up. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, for the beat drop.
1:03.0	So Peppa, you know that part. Peppa, you know what I'm talking about?
1:09.0	And then it goes, Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.
1:13.0	You know what I'm talking about? I mean you mean we sing it.
1:15.0	Exactly.
1:17.0	That's not how this is supposed to be said.
1:22.0	That was Peppa's in case you weren't sure.
1:33.0	And it's definitely the type of song that you're so immediately locked into.
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