One time guerilla fighter John Esteban Perez has made a name for himself as a pro-peace FARC rapper | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

John Esteban Perez was 13 when he joined the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebels in Colombia. Now 26, he has spent half his life as a guerrilla. But today, instead of hiding out in the jungle with his rifle, he has fellow rebels bouncing to his rhymes as he raps for peace. “They say we’re…