During her adolescence, the salsa singer Angie Chávez went through one of the most difficult moments of her life. She knows how she almost lost her voice.
The talented singer Angie Chávez proved to be a musical prodigy from a very young age: at the age of 8 she began to win her first singing contests and at 11 she already had a recorded album. Already in her adulthood she founded, together with Paula Arias, the first female salsa group in Peru, Son Tentación, which in its few years of existence achieved great success at the local level thanks to songs like “Eres todo de mí”, “Ya no hace Missing” and “The Final Kiss”.
Currently, Angie is going through one of the best stages of her life, since —after 8 years of being part of the women’s salsa orchestra— she decided not to continue postponing her dream and began her solo career, which has been very well received by part of the public
Why did Angie Chávez almost lose her voice at the age of 16?
Despite the success he enjoys today, the life of Angie Chavez It wasn’t always rosy. At the age of 16, she went through a severe depression that led her to try to end her life by ingesting a toxic liquid. This, because she was very afflicted by the concern of not having the financial resources to raise the baby she was carrying alone in the face of the abandonment of her partner.
And although the doctors managed to save his life, this substance burned his tissues and closed his esophagus forever. As a consequence, he spent more than a year without being able to eat through his mouth or pass his own saliva and, furthermore, he almost lost his voice. However, thanks to a high-risk surgery, which lasted 8 hours, he was able to fully recover and enjoy good health to this day.
After overcoming this difficult stage, Angie has been able to use her experience to advise young people. “Your life is beautiful, you have to know how to value it. Nobody is worth more than you in this world. That’s why you have your parents and your friends so you can let off steam. Life can sometimes be hard, but they are tests because after that comes something very good”, said the singer in an interview.
