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The Guardian: Lela MC, the 12-year-old who is a big presence on Bogotá’s rap scene
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Gabriela Brito, AKA Lela MC, performed her first rap song six months after her family fled Venezuela amid violence and a severe lack of necessities
Passengers crane to watch the performance, and – above the groaning of brakes and tattoo of car horns – she spits out an intricately rhyming piece about exile and hope.
Gabriela Brito was just seven when she performed her first rap song, six months after she and her family had fled the economic and political crisis in their native Venezuela and settled in the Colombian capital...
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Meet Lela MC, the 12-year-old who is already a big presence on Bogotáâs rap scene â picture essayGabriela Brito, AKA Lela MC, performed her first rap song six months after her family fled Venezuela amid violence and a severe lack of necessities
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