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Artist Interview
Interview By Jeffrey Held
of Save the Hippies
It was a wonderful Chicago fall evening, I got a chance to spend the evening with
Chicago’s Delilah, Latin Princess. We watched her videos had some conversation
and here’s the interview.
JRH: When and why did you start your musical career?
DLP: When I was little, I instantly loved to sing. from probably the time that I
could talk lol. I sang in school choirs, church choirs. It always gave me the feeling of happiness. I had always sang, but my musical career really started when I
wrote my first song, Feels So Good, and I continued Because of my Deep passion
for music I felt that my voice needed to be heard
JRH: Is your family musical?
DLP: I was born in to a musical background because of of my father being a
singer, and guitarist. He passed away at 32 years of age. After his passing I had
additional influences from my step father, because of his Latin music background.
JRH: I understand your family is from Peru and Miami, how did Chicago end up
as the place to launch your musical career?
DLP: My mother was a Peruvian Immigrant who lived in Miami. My father was
in the Air force and stationed in Miami. That's how they met and I was born in
Miami. We moved to Illinois. After my father passed away, a few years later my
mother married my step-father. He was a Puerto Rican man that was family oriented. On Sundays, we would go to his mother’s home and eat the most delicious
Puerto Rican food. She lived in Chicago. I grew a love for Chicago and when I
was 16 would drive almost every weekend to go to different salsa clubs. I knew I
wanted to live there. It's was in Chicago that I developed my idea that I wanted
to give out my own interpretation of my style of music because of Chicago being
diversified with music
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