Felipe Valencia

Felipe Valencia (a.k.a. PÍPÉLÓN) is an actor, singer, songwriter, law student and activist content creator on social media.Valencia was born on March 22, 1998 in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, to ...Show More

Felipe Valencia (a.k.a. PÍPÉLÓN) is an actor, singer, songwriter, law student and activist content creator on social media.Valencia was born on March 22, 1998 in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, to Dr. Diego Valencia, a plastic surgeon, and Yadira Copete, an entrepreneur. His musical skills began to be remarkable at a very young age when he took guitar and vocal technique classes in Music Academy Vivaldi in 2009. In 2012, Valencia had more interest in music as a profession when he was part of the School Band in Colegio Bolívar as a lead vocalist in 2012. He participated in a musical theater workshop brought from Broadway to Cali in 2013 by the Puerto Rican theater director and choreographer Luis Salgado, which helped him strengthen his performance skills. In the same year, Valencia started writing his first songs and created "La Bandera del Mundo", his first single made in 2014.After finishing High School, Valencia studied music at Santa Monica College from 2016 to 2018. In 2018 he caught the acting bug which led him to join the Theatre Department. From 2019 to 2021 Valencia attended the Performance Academy Naar Landaeta, where he improved his skills in dramatic arts for film & television and prepared him to be part of productions for platforms such as Netflix and Disney.In his social media accounts, he analyzes social problems in a holistic way gathering knowledge from various areas of study such as philosophy, law, sociology, psychology, history, medicine and anthropology.Valencia's videos have been used in major universities in the country as a study tool. At the Icesi University they have been used by teachers as class work material and at the University of Antioquia they have been used by students to support for their graduation theses.Valencia is currently a Law student at the Pontifical Xaverian University in Cali, Colombia. Hide