Purchase Lin Manuel-Miranda Single & Help Raise Money For Puerto Rico!

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Lin-Manuel Miranda released a new song today to help raise money for Puerto Rico, and he brought in some of the biggest Latin stars, like Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Camila Cabello, Gloria Estefan, Fat Joe, Luis Fonsi, John Leguizamo, and Rita Moreno.

“I was like every Puerto Rican with ties to the island, with family on the island. We all had a terrible few days of silence. For some, those days were weeks,” Miranda told The Associated Press. “For me, that helplessness turned into, ‘OK, well what can I write that will help? Can I write a tune that we can monetize?’”

The song is called “Almost Like Praying” and its recording took nearly 72 hours to record in the studio: “Everyone said yes and then it became the logistics of getting everyone recorded,” he said.

The line comes from West Side Story’s famous song, “Maria,” sung by the lead character Tony.

“This song is designed so that those towns never feel forgotten again,” he said. “I cannot wait for Puerto Ricans to hear Luis Fonsi sing the name of their town or J.Lo to sing the name of their town.”