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Musical artist

Adrian Quesada is an American musician, producer, and songwriter. He is best known for his work with Black Pumas.^[1] Quesada is an eight-time Grammy nominee and won Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album as a member of Grupo Fantasma in 2011.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Quesada grew up on the US-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas in the 1990s.

As a child, he listened to punk and hip-hop as well as the Tex-Mex music he heard on both sides of the border. In a 2021 interview he said that although he soaked in the Latin music he was surrounded by, he did not fully appreciate it until he was in college.^[2][4]

Quesada started to play guitar when he was 13.

He attended the University of Texas in Austin, due, in part, to the city's active music scene.^[2]

Career

In Austin, Quesada played in bands including Brownout, Ocote Soul Sound, Spanish Gold, Echocentrics, and Grupo Fantasma, with whom