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Music has always lit the way for Gre3nlatin, AKA Jorge Baeza, literally before he could talk the talk. Born in Santiago, Chile, Jorge soaked in the sounds of Latin America. “We listened to a lot of cumbia and Spanish pop as well,” he recalls. “All Spanish music just makes feel happy and want to dance.” At the age of 9 Jorge’s family moved to West Auckland, New Zealand. It was a long way from home and there was a lot to learn. English for one thing, but there would be so much more. “I only used to like Spanish music and I couldn't understand anything else, but I could vibe to English music,” he says. “Then when I moved to New Zealand, obviously I started learning English and I could understand the songs that I used to listen to back home but could only ever mumble along to. “When I moved to New Zealand a different world of music opened up to me, especially when I could understand it.” In his teens Jorge immersed himself in hip hop, R&B, reggae and reggaetón. At 16 he started freest