Bound to meet unknown Hispanic singer (5)

I believe the answer is:

lopez

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'hispanic singer' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'bound to meet unknown' is the wordplay.
'bound' becomes 'lope' (to lope is to travel with bounding stride or bound).
'to meet' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'unknown' becomes 'z' (algebra).
'lope'+'z'='LOPEZ'

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