Luis A. Miranda Jr. has revealed that he reprimanded his son Lin-Manuel Miranda for singing hamilton in the White House.
To the hamilton At a screening in New York City last month, the 71-year-old Puerto Rican political strategist, philanthropist, defense consultant and author spoke with PEOPLE magazine.
He told the outlet that he wasn’t sure if his son performed a Hamilton song at the White House in 2009.
Luis recalled: “They invited him to the White House. They asked him to sing something from In the Heights and he said, ‘Dad, you know I’ve been working on Hamilton. Do you think I could play the only song I have?'”
Luis added: “I said, ‘No. No, why don’t you go with what we know works, which is In the Heights?’ But he presented it to the White House. “They loved it and the rest is history.”
For those who don’t know, Lin-Manuel performed the first version of the Broadway musical’s opening number, Hamilton’s mixtape, at the White House Poetry, Music and Spoken Word Night on May 12, 2009.
It is pertinent to mention that the Charm The star’s breakout act was the first time anyone performed the hit Broadway musical in public, which occurred during Barack Obama’s regime in the United States.
