La India

I used to be so embarrassed by salsa; I wasn't into it.

I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.

I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

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