Some of them Cuba’s most popular urban artists came together to launch a strong criticism of the regime and ask for a system change by song. “No more lies, my people are asking for freedom, no more doctrines. Let us no longer call ‘fatherland or death’ but ‘fatherland and life'”, says Alexander Delgado, of Gente de Zona, in a fragment of the topic that presented this Tuesday live on social networks.
They participate in this song for freedom Yotuel Romero, People of the Zone, Descemer Bueno and the rappers who live on the island Maykel Osorbo Y The Funky.
The making of this collaboration was very emotional for the artists: “It was something very profound,” said Yotuel Romero, from Orishas, during the virtual launch.
Romero urged his audience to say it’s over, the lie is over, the deception is over, the torture is over, the imprisonment is over, the prison is over, it’s over not to let you be who you are.”
The musicians sent a solidarity greeting to the independent artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, the San Isidro movement, 27N, El Funky and Osorbo, with whom they briefly bonded from Cuba. Apparently the authorities cut off his internet access during the communication.
Descemer Bueno showed himself “super happy to make history”For the singer, this song marks “a before and after” and will sensitize the audience that follows them.
Urban music is very popular on the island, especially among young people. In 2020, internationally recognized figures, such as the members of Gente de Zona, openly questioned the dictatorship, which led to them becoming the target of attacks by the ruling party, labeling them as ‘mercenaries’ and ‘musical terrorists’.
“‘Homeland and life’ of these black shoe polishers,” Yotuel Romero ironized to present the music video, referring to the racist remarks suffered by regime defenders, which point to the color of the skin and attribute the success achieved by those artists to the education they received in Cuba.
“It was a huge responsibility to unite these people who have traveled the world,” he said. Asylum Babastro, director of the video clip In which are images of the San Isidro barracks, of various activists and even a fragment of Luis Robles’ protest on San Rafael Street in Havana.
“The video shows the honesty of these artists, their speech. We don’t want them to lie to us anymore, we want to have the right to think differently, to see change, to not give up more years of life without a change,” Babastro said.
This song is the feeling of many Cubans who are inside and outside of CubaAlexander Delgado said, stressing that they are not funded by anyone: “This is a heartfelt thing that we do for the people.”
Delgado invited to internalize the issue and invited to join for Cuba’s freedom.
“It is necessary to get the attention of the whole world so that they put their finger on the system,” Bueno said during the presentation.