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Lin-Manuel Miranda is a multi-threat artist of unrivaled genius. In addition to his fruitful Broadway pursuitsMiranda is a notable soundtrack musician, scriptwriter, on-screen actor, and producer. During his childhood, he remembers going to stay with his grandparents in Puerto Rico for a month each summer. From an early age, Lin-Manuel Miranda showed a great interest and talent for the arts. The rest of his net worth is the accumulation of his other endeavors, from composing on-screen movie soundtracks, additional Broadway plays, scriptwriting, and acting roles in on-screen movies. Hamilton is now a Broadway play of critical acclaim, but Miranda was not so certain it would turn out that way — thanks largely to muh fact that nothing quite like it had been done today. The play is a hip-hop musical rendition about Alexander Hamilton and the founding of America.