Ricardo Flores Carrasco (Lima, Perú), known professionally as Liberato Kani, is a Quechua-language hip-hop singer and songwriter.
Liberato Kani was born in the coastal city of Lima, growing up in San Juan de Lurigancho district.
At the age of 9, his mother's death prompted him to move to Umamarca, Apurimac, located in Peru's highlands, where he lived with his paternal grandmother.
In 2016 he presented his first album Rimay Pueblo, which was internationally acclaimed,[3] although it also faced criticism due the fusion of traditional Andean sounds with contemporary urban rhythms.
In 2018 he made an international tour called Pawaspay (taking off, in Quechua) where he visited Chile, Spain, Cuba and the United States.