Matt Hunter (singer)

Career

Before he became a musician, Matt Hunter spent his childhood as a voice actor from age nine to twelve. He then shifted to making YouTube videos, posting himself playing guitar and singing cover songs, sometimes in Spanish. Those videos took off, and he started touring Latin America to grow his audience organically. During this period, people started calling him the "Latino Justin Bieber," and Marc Anthony later described him as "the future" of music.

At thirteen, Hunter dropped his debut single "Mi Amor," followed in 2012 by "Right Here, Right Now" and "Mi Senorita," plus an EP titled Right Here, Right Now. For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he teamed up with Pitbull on "Minha Mina Ta Loca" and "Mi Chica Esta Loca," releasing both Portuguese and Spanish versions. By 2016, his YouTube channel had 200,000 subscribers and his Twitter account had over 500,000 followers. Hunter now splits his time between New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and various spots in Latin America.

On the voice acting side, he sang as Diego Márquez in the final two seasons of Go, Diego, Go! and also voiced the character in Dora the Explorer. He auditioned for the role at age ten and recorded it until he was twelve.

He also created a weekly comedy web series called Fuego Fridays. Hunter has performed live across the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, Chile, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. In May 2013, he headlined and sold out Chile's 12,000-seat Movistar Arena.