With a new look and unleashing her most unapologetic body of music to date, Camila Cabello channels a “big badass energy” that's fearless, bold and rebellious. But despite her new age, one thing remains constant: her heart of gold.
Cabello — who has 21 career entries on the Billboard Hot 100, including the No. 1 hits “Havana” (with Young Thug) and “Señorita” (with Shawn Mendes) — has used her power and platform to stars to support issues that matter wholeheartedly: immigration, mental health, climate change and LGBTQ+ rights, to name a few.
Celebrating her contributions positively impacting popular culture, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter will be honored with the Global Impact Award at Billboard Latin Women in Music 2024 airing exclusively at 9 p.m. ET on June 9 on Telemundo and simultaneously on the Telemundo and Peacock App.
“I hope when I'm gone, I want the legacy I leave behind to make the world, in some way, more loving,” he says. Advertising sign. “There are different ways to do that, through art and music, and I always try to be accountable.”
Cabello (real name Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao), who was part of the famous girl group Fifth Harmony from 2012 to 2016, owes her kind, selfless and charismatic qualities to her parents: a Cuban mother (Sinuhe Estrabao) and Mexican father (Alejandro Cabello), who immigrated to Miami when Cabello was six in search of better opportunities. Estrabao was an architect in Cuba who worked in the shoe department at Marshalls. Mr. Cabello worked washing cars at Dolphin Mall. Today, they have a successful contracting company called Soka Construction (named after Camila and her little sister, Sofia).
“I'm so proud of my family history, and my work ethic, and any kind of strength or drive I get is from hearing their stories,” she explains. “I really feel like I come from a family of hustlers. My mom and dad never missed that, even my grandparents. I feel like so much of it runs in my bloodline. There's something about our history that I feel makes me handle life and see life in a different way.”
Among her notable philanthropic efforts, Cabello has partnered with This Is About Humanity and the Miami Freedom Project to host community events for new immigrant families in Miami, and has raised half a million dollars with Equality Florida and Lambda Legal to fight of Florida's harmful legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community. She also launched the Healing Justice Project to provide mental health resources to BIPOC organizers across the country, promoting racial, immigrant, and environmental justice.
“What impresses me the most is how honest, hardworking and caring she is as a person,” adds Roger Gold, Cabello's longtime manager. “Camila really absorbed it from her family, from her upbringing, from her journey to the United States. She grew up very, very humble.”
In addition to receiving the Global Impact Award at the Billboard Latin Women in Music event, Cabello is preparing to release her fourth studio album C, XOXO on June 28, an El Guincho and Jasper Harris-produced set inspired by the eclectic rhythms and sounds of her city, which she describes as the ultimate “Miami piece of art.”
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