It’s beautiful for me to like going there and they still look at me with the eyes of, ‘Come here, Benito Antonio. My dad doesn’t act a new way or treat me a new way. Outside of that house perhaps the world is listening and talking about me, but in that house everything is the same. I go to my dad’s house and I feel so relaxed. I always thank God that me, my friends and my family maintain our feet on the ground. In reality, my dad is proud of me and is happy that I feel good and that I’m living my dreams. What do your parents and family think about you being the biggest artist in the world? I would say that the entire movement of Latin music inspired me. That’s why when they ask me, ‘What artist inspired you?’ I never say one alone because I listened to so many artists and genres like reggaeton, which has many artists that inspired me and salsa. Since I was little it was always my passion. I grew up always listening to music and tried to imitate the voices of the singers and the sounds they made. I’d grab CDs of Marc Anthony, Victor Manuel and CDs of “bolero” music. Well she would choose about eight and let me choose the last four. My mom would buy records from a catalog, which was like a book and you chose the records and they came in dozens. I always remember when I was 5 for Christmas they gifted me a CD of Vico-C, “Aquel Que Había Muerto,” with the dark cover, almost black, you could barely see Vico C’s face. When I was a chamaquito or niño (teenager or younger boy) I was listening to rap and reggaeton. My mom listened to a lot of merengue and balada (ballad) and my dad would listen to salsa. When I was a kid I had a lot of CDs of salsa, merengue. Since I was little I was always a fan of music. The thing I’ve done the most in life is listen to music. They were beautiful moments, sometimes of uncertainty but in the end I was always grateful to the core that I grew up in my family, my barrio (town), in my pueblo (city) and the way I grew up because from there I acquired a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge that makes me the person I am today. I saw them sometimes trying hard, going through difficult times to bring us food and other times, easy. I grew up with a lot of love from my mother and my father. My mother was a teacher and my dad was a truck driver. When my first brother Bernie came and the second, Bysael. I am the oldest brother of three so I remember waiting for my brothers. I always say that I had a very normal life. Read the Cover Story: Bad Bunny’s Next Move Growing up in the pueblo of Almirante Sur, what were your fondest memories of your childhood? I’m going to see if in the summer the water gets warmer and then I’ll go. Where are the best beaches? Los Angeles or Puerto Rico?
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