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Shakira She is one of the most iconic singers and dancers in Latin America. Born January 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia, with a history spanning more than three decades, The Colombian is celebrating her 44th birthday today.
It is known that from a very young age, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll received a religious education in a Catholic school, where he showed all his artistic talents by singing in the choir. At the time, however, he didn’t have a good music experience, so had to resort to poetry.
Shakira went from poems to songs
In an interview with the program 60 minutes held last year, the businesswoman also revealed that while she really enjoyed singing in the choir, his teacher never gave him a chance to come in because he didn’t like the way he sang. His classmates even told him “sounded like a goat”.
“He thought it was too much, I thought my vibrato was too strong and that it would break the harmony and unity of the choir. My classmates told me that sounded like a goat because my vibrato was very pronounced, but now it is one of my characteristics as a singersaid.
Far from giving up and letting the criticism influence her, the comments had the opposite effect, as they gave her the necessary energy to show that it was worth listening to. It was then that he showed his talent to continue writing poems, which would later become songs.
Shakira’s poem to God
When she was only four years old, the Colombian wrote her first poem entitled The crystal rose. According to a mini documentary on Terra TV about Shakira’s early days, the star completed her primary and secondary studies at the religious university La Enseñanza. In the video, mother Olga, who supposedly taught her, recalled a text written by the artist wrote called to God His name is love. We share it with you below.
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