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How Chiquis Carved Her Own Path Beyond Music and Her Family Name
Chiquis, Billboard's 2025 Latin Women in Music Impact Award honoree, on carving her own path beyond the work she does as a musician.
The first time Chiquis felt that she was making an impact with her music was with the release of her fourth studio album, Abeja Reina, in 2022 — eight years into her career. “I have to use my voice, not just to sing, but to send light and radiate love, and talk about the things that really matter to me,” says Chiquis, who in tandem with her musical career also launched her Boss Bee Nation initiative in 2014, to help those in need. “A lot of artists are afraid to speak their truth or stand behind what they believe in because it might affect and trickle their streams, but I don’t like to worry about that.
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