Three months ago, massive celebrations took over the streets of Puerto Rico as Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced he would resign, following 12 days of enormous protests on the island. The protests began after Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism published close to 900 pages of text messages between Rosselló, staffers and advisers. The group chat messages were riddled with misogyny, homophobia, profanity and violence. Some of the messages mocked victims of Hurricane Maria. Some of Puerto Rico’s biggest artists were at the forefront of the demonstrations that ousted Rosselló, and the song “Afilando los Cuchillos,” “Sharpening the Knives,” became an anthem of the protests. We recently sat down to discuss music, activism and Puerto Rico with Ileana Cabra Joglar, better known as iLe. She co-wrote and performed “Afilando los Cuchillos” along with fellow Puerto Rican artists Residente and Bad Bunny. The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican singer, composer and vocalist was a member of the group Calle 13 for over a decade. Her first solo album, “iLevitable,” was released in 2016 and won a Grammy in the category Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album. iLe was also nominated that year for the Latin Grammy Awards as Best New Artist. Her sophomore album, “Almadura,” is an ode to Puerto Rican resistance, struggles and fight for freedom from U.S. colonialism, and the single “Contra Todo” was nominated for a 2019 Latin Grammy.