(23 Jul 2024)
PUERTO RICO DOCTOR RAPPER
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Camuy, Puerto Rico – 5 June 2024
1. Various of Doctor and Rapper Pedro Vázquez, AKA PJ Sin Suela, performing on stage
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Loíza, Puerto Rico – 25 May 2024
2. Various of Vázquez meeting patient and examining her
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San Juan, Puerto Rico – 24 June 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Vázquez AKA PJ Sin Suela, Doctor and Rapper:
“When I did my internship year (studying medicine) everyone knew I was a rapper. In Puerto Rico even the patients said: look there goes PJ Sin Suela. The first month (of my internship) maybe they doubted (my integrity), they said: look, this guy comes from touring and singing and now he came to the hospital to attend patients, but after a month everyone knew that for me it was no joke (to be a doctor). And in truth I am tough in what I do.”
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Loíza, Puerto Rico – 25 May 2024
4. Vázquez arriving at his patient’s home
5. Various of Vázquez listening to patient’s chest with stethoscope
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San Juan, Puerto Rico – 24 June 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Vázquez AKA PJ Sin Suela, Doctor and Rapper:
“To those who doubted (me), I clarify that I shut them up. And the doctors who work with me know how I work, so from that point on I have no doubts. God knows what they say out there, but I am clear and so are those who work with me.”
7. Various of Pedro Vázquez AKA PJ Sin Suela at his record studio with some colleagues
8. Various of Vázquez in his record studio singing a song
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Vázquez AKA PJ Sin Suela, Doctor and Rapper:
“I studied medicine. And while I was in medical school I started to get into music. The rest is history.”
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Camuy, Puerto Rico – 5 June 2024
10. Pedro Vázquez AKA PJ Sin Suela taking pictures with his fans
11. Various of Pedro Vázquez AKA PJ Sin Suela performs at stage
STORYLINE:
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A popular Puerto Rican rapper has another life – as a doctor.
Pedro Vázquez, AKA PJ Sin Suela, juggles singing about his people’s social issues with tending to their medical needs.
STORYLINE:
Performing is what PJ Sin Suela does best.
In the tradition of other famous Puerto Rican rappers, his lyrics have a strong social message.
He sings about the woes of the Puerto Rican diaspora forced to move abroad, leaving the island bereft of talent.
He sings against gun violence and the fiscal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances.
His talent has earned him hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
But music is not his only job.
He is also Doctor Pedro Juan Vázquez.
He completed his bachelor’s degree in Pennsylvania, then returned to Puerto Rico to study medicine, becoming a doctor in 2015, following in his father’s footsteps.
This is when he first started juggling his medical rotations with his passion for rapping.
“When I did my internship year (studying medicine) everyone knew I was a rapper. In Puerto Rico even the patients said: look there goes PJ Sin Suela. The first month (of my internship) maybe they doubted (my integrity), they said: look, this guy comes from touring and singing and now he came to the hospital to attend patients, but after a month everyone knew that for me it was no joke (to be a doctor). And in truth I am tough in what I do,” says Vázquez.
These days, the 34-year-old doctor travels from the capital San Juan to the southern and central regions of the island at least once a week to treat underserved communities.
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