What is Rubén Blades?
[[File:Ruben Blades by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Rubén Blades]] '''Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna''' (born July 16, 1948) is a [[Panama|Panamanian]] [[singer-songwriter]], [[actor]], [[musician]], [[activist]] and [[politician]]. He performs most often in the Afro-Cuban, [[salsa]] and Latin jazz genres. Blades has won eight [[Grammy Award]]s and five [[Latin Grammy Award]]s. Blades' acting career began in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruben Blades|publisher=The Film Reference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/12/Ruben-Blades.html|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> It has continued with several-year breaks in between. His first acting role was ''The Last Fight. Other [[movie]]s include ''Crossover Dreams'' (1985), ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988) and ''[[Color of Night]]'' (1994). Blades was given the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award by ASCAP and WhyHunger in June 2011. Blades' album ''Tangos'' won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruben Blades|publisher=Maestravida|url=http://www.maestravida.com/RBbioeng.html|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> Blades played with the [[Costa Rica]]n band [[Editus]] on his albums ''Tiempos'' and ''Mundo''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35 Billboard September 22, 2001, pg 35]</ref> Blades was born in [[Panama City]], Panama. ==References== <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blades, Ruben}} [[Category:Television actors]] [[Category:Movie actors]] [[Category:Latin singers]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:People from Panama City]] [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Panamanian singers]]