NEW YORK – He’s directed his own music videos and now he will help develop TV shows, films and other on-screen content for a global market.
Residente, the most decorated winner in the history of Latin Grammys, has signed a multiyear deal with Sony Music Entertainment to launch 1868 Studios.Under this new venture, which the company announced Thursday as a “first of its kind,” the Puerto Rican rapper and Sony Music Latin/Iberia will create, produce and globally distribute original content across multiple formats and in Spanish and Engish.
The artist and activist, whose given name is René Pérez Joglar, hopes to help increase Latino representation in Hollywood. “In times where minorities are fighting to have a space in the U.S., it is good to.