1 | 29/12/2020 – 7:27 PM (GMT-4)
“I still have faith in living in a Cuba that is open to change and far from all injustices,” said Cuban reggae player Yomil Hidalgo after receiving the Lucas award for the most popular video of the year on the subject. I have a stack.
“This 2020 has been a very sad and difficult year for Yomil and El Dany, I think my little brother (Dany) never thought we would get this important recognition from Lucas this year. It is a sign that when what surrounds you has not been transformed, you must transform yourself, ”he said earlier.
In his Instagram, the artist reproduced his words and congratulated those associated with his success, as well as acknowledging that the doors to urban music are opening in Cuba.
Regarding the Lucas gala and the award-winning video, the reggaeton player commented: “The presentation was very tough, thank you very much for the invitation and for reopening a space for urban music. We actually earned that position through hard work. and to be today by today THE REAL POPULAR MUSIC OF CUBA “.
The Lucas awards are the most important musically on the island. According to the project’s website, this year’s gala was held at the Astral Theater in Havana from December 26-29.
Yomil himself had attacked the San Isidro movement earlier this month, after an Instagram user urged him to join the organization’s political cause against the political crisis in Cuba.
“I will never support the lack of respect, I will never support those who have respect and all those who want real well-being for Cuba, with freedom of speech and that every Cuban can make a living from the sweat of his work without limit, I will never support those who make money at the expense of the suffering of an ordinary people, ”he said at the time.
The singer was highly controversial in his interventions on social networks, sometimes criticized by his followers and sometimes for recognizing the failures of politics in Cuba.
In December, he shared with his followers a message expressing his desire for a Cuba “without oppression and without censorship”. The comment was part of a thread opened by the musician, in which he complained about the suspension of two of his concerts scheduled in Holguín province.
“We all deserve a better Cuba, because Cuba belongs to nobody, Cuba belongs to everyone,” he said in a post shared on his Instagram account in which he responded to a comment from reggaeton El Chulo.
When the singers returned to work together in 2015, like Yomil and El Dany, they defined themselves as a duo of traptón – fusion of trap and reggaeton – that were among the best exponents of Cuba’s urban music scene from night to night. tomorrow.
Their hit “Sobredosis” was among the top sales of summer 2016 and the following year they were nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award in the Artist of the Year category.
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