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Two Years After ‘Patria Y Vida,’ Cuban Rapper Maykel Osorbo Remains in Jail
- The 2021 protest anthem he worked on lit up the country and won two Latin Grammys. His supporters don't want the world to move on
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El Funky on Repression in Cuba, Latin GRAMMY Nominations & More in First U.S. Interview With Yotuel & Beatriz Luengo | Billboard News
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Gente de Zona on Cuba: 'It is the people who are marching'
The slogan “¡Patria y vida!” — “Homeland and life!” — is heard loudly during the demonstrations in Cuba. “Patria y vida” is performed by Yotuel Romero, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, who change the Cuban revolutionary slogan “homeland or death” created by Fidel Castro to: “No more lies, my people ask for freedom, no more doctrines / Let us no longer shout‘ Homeland or death’ but ‘Homeland and life’”.
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Afro-Cuban music group’s song is the backdrop of Cuba’s unprecedented protests
A politically charged hip-hop song has become the backdrop for the civil unrest that has rocked Cuba this summer. The […] The post Afro-Cuban music group’s song is the backdrop of Cuba’s unprecedented protests appeared first on TheGrio.
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A song asks Cubans to drop Castro’s chant ‘Homeland or Death.’ The government is on edge.
During Cuba’s so-called Special Period, the terrible economic crisis that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, Willy Chirino’s song “Ya viene llegando” became a hymn of hope for many Cubans who wanted change on the island.
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Orishas' Yotuel Romero Stars in Cuba's Oscar Entry, 'El Acompañante'
"El Acompañante," a film that stars singer Yotuel Romero of the recently reunited Cuban hip-hip group Orishas, is Cuba’s bid for the 2017 Academy Awards.
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Orishas Announces Comeback Album
Orishas, the hip hop group that pioneered a distinctly Cuban style with international appeal and opened a window to the world on the urban music scene in Havana, have announced they are reuniting to make an album that will be released in 2016.
