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[00:00.04]A popular rapper in Puerto Rico

[00:03.56]has kept his job as a doctor

[00:06.76]to help deal with a shortage of medical workers

[00:11.32]in the United States territory.

[00:14.40]Many Puerto Ricans know Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez

[00:20.12]by his performing name, PJ Sin Suela.

[00:25.16]But others are now getting to see his medical skills

[00:29.84]as he often goes door-to-door to serve patients.

[00:34.96]The 34-year-old Vázquez

[00:38.36]recently told The Associated Press (AP)

[00:42.56]he is still living out his love of music.

[00:46.24]He also believes he is helping those in need

[00:50.80]and bringing attention to a health crisis in Puerto Rico.

[00:57.08]The U.S. territory is currently facing power outages

[01:02.36]as well as a shortage of medical professionals.

[01:06.36]Many doctors and other workers

[01:09.68]have gone to the U.S. mainland seeking better pay.

[01:14.64]A 2023 report by Puerto Rican policy group

[01:20.12]Center for a New Economy

[01:22.64]found the territory had lost more than

[01:26.64]8,600 doctors out of nearly 18,800

[01:33.84]in just over 10 years.

[01:36.88]The problem is expected to get worse in the coming years.

[01:42.32]"We have a huge exodus of young people,"

[01:46.52]Vázquez told the AP.

[01:49.76]He added, "In Puerto Rico,

[01:52.72]we have a crisis much bigger than people think."

[01:57.56]Vázquez said he travels from the capital, San Juan,

[02:02.88]to rural areas of the island at least once a week.

[02:07.76]During these trips, he seeks to treat communities

[02:12.80]struggling from the combined effects of hurricanes,

[02:17.44]earthquakes and a weak economy.

[02:21.12]When not working as a doctor,

[02:24.00]Vázquez produces and performs music

[02:27.96]that brings attention to issues including

[02:31.96]social inequality, poverty and gun violence.

[02:37.24]In one song, he brings up

[02:39.76]the territory's problems with violence.

[02:43.08]"A bullet is flying, lost like a child," he raps,

[02:48.72]"the wind caresses it, seeks to make news,

[02:52.72]falling into a skull, without any kind of justice."

[02:57.24]The rap song, in English, is called Bullets Cry.

[03:02.24]In another song, called We are More,

[03:06.28]Vázquez comments on the territory's economic problems.

[03:11.80]He raps, "The debt has been placed before the worker,

[03:16.40]the one who goes outside under the rain and the sun,

[03:20.52]public servers, teachers and nurses."

[03:24.40]Vázquez has left and returned to the island several times.

[03:30.28]This is common for many Puerto Ricans,

[03:33.88]who hold U.S. passports.

[03:36.40]He does not criticize those who have left

[03:39.84]Puerto Rico for the U.S. mainland.

[03:42.76]"You can't judge anybody,

[03:45.36]everybody has their story," he said.

[03:48.72]"I'm blessed to have two careers

[03:51.92]that I can do and live off of."

[03:54.96]Vázquez was born in the Bronx area of New York City.

[04:00.44]But he moved with his family

[04:03.28]to the town of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

[04:06.76]Later, he went to Pennsylvania,

[04:09.72]before returning to Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

[04:13.36]It was there that Vázquez studied medicine.

[04:17.80]He became a doctor in 2015.

[04:21.56]He became a household name as a rapper

[04:25.28]for a younger generation in Latin America in 2018.

[04:30.76]The single that made Vázquez a star

[04:34.28]was called What Is Your Plan?

[04:37.08]He worked with Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny

[04:40.88]and reggaeton singer Nejo on the song.

[04:45.16]When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020,

[04:50.24]he decided to start working in medicine again.

[04:53.84]Vázquez worked full-time

[04:56.80]at a hospital in Ponce for a year.

[05:00.44]Then, as a general doctor,

[05:03.36]he treated patients of all ages.

[05:06.72]Vázquez noted that some doctors

[05:10.08]questioned his medical abilities at first,

[05:13.88]since he had spent years performing as a rapper.

[05:18.40]But after a short time, he said,

[05:21.52]"Everybody knew that this wasn't a joke for me,

[05:25.80]and that I'm really good at what I do."

[05:29.48]I'm Bryan Lynn.

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Words in This Story

door-to-door –idiom to go from house to house in a neighborhood

exodus - n. when a large number of people all leave a place together

caress – v. to touch or stroke lightly or lovingly

blessed - adj. of or enjoying happiness

career –n. the path of a person's work live involving different but usually related jobs or professions

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