{"id":9354332,"date":"2020-04-08T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/?p=9354332"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:47:42","slug":"darkiel-live-at-home-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/darkiel-live-at-home-concert-9354332\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkiel Reveals His Alternate Career Path If Music Didn&#8217;t Work Out During &#8216;Billboard Live At-Home&#8217;&nbsp;Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pmc-paywall\"><p>On Wednesday (April 8), Puerto Rican singer <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/darkiel\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Darkiel<\/a> put on a Billboard Live At-Home concert to support Housing Works Inc. by doing a live performance via <em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I chose this foundation because I have always been very involved in humanitarian work,&#8221; 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