AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Rauw Alejandro, higher level
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He started off wanting to be a star soccer player, but instead Rauw Alejandro has become a breakout Latin music sensation
LOS ANGELES -- He started off wanting to be a star soccer player, but instead Rauw Alejandro has become a breakout Latin music sensation.
His birth name is Raúl Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz, but growing up in Puerto Rico his friends and family used to call him Raulito, which eventually became Rauw for short.
Alejandro has been on the rise for the past few years, but 2021 catapulted him into another level of success. He has been named one of The Associated Press' Breakthrough Entertainers of 2021, alongside Damson Idris, Simu Liu, Rachel Zegler, Adrienne Warren and more.
“I think so far in my career, this year has been my best, and I hope the next one, surpasses this one,” he said from his suite in Las Vegas in November, just hours before attending the Latin Grammys.
