United states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. We will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony cuba has been sitting here 55 years now, half an hour away, basically giving the biggest superpower in the world the stiff middle finger. 50plus years of animosity, embargo, rationing, and fidel castro is still hanging on. But recently, there are powerful indications that everything is about to change. We are in a little fishing town. This place is where two brothers go out and fish every morning and bring fresh seafood. Anthony okay, humble fishing village. Traditional fishing family . Hugo yes. Anthony what about the sushi . Whats going on in this country, man . Hugo things are changing, anthony, what can i say .
anthony: so, born and bred in santiago, where the good rum comes from? allain: exactly. anthony: so, tell me, music business in santiago. what, what are you doing? allain: music here is more important than a plate of food for people. when it s carnival, sometimes the people doesn t have money for proper food, but they ve got money for a jar of beer. and just enjoying that beer in a place with music. anthony: how much american hip-hop do you get here? allain: we get, actually, quite a lot. it s by friends. someone who came from outside. then when passed to me and passed to my friends, and that s it. it s hand by hand. in the beginnings, in the 90s, we started making hip-hop here and we got a lot of talks. hip-hop came from the states. they re like everlasting enemy of the revolution. anthony: right. allain: so, you re making a music, a protest music. anthony: right. allain: so, we ve been a couple times in jail just for songs. anthony: so, now you can make money p
allain: yeah. anthony: you can, maybe, make money selling, uh allain: cds in the streets. but, actually, right now more possibilities are coming. when the opportunity to, like, promote the music, when the opportunity to have access to internet, free access, i mean. anthony: that s going to be the biggest thing. allain: yeah. if you want to spend your holidays properly in cuba, just come down to santiago. we ve got a couple things to show to the world. anthony: cheers, man. allain: cheers, man. por santiago!
those musical styles were born after all, but now it s reggaeton and of course hip-hop. anthony: allain garcia is the leader of the santiago-based hip-hop trio t.n.t., la resistencia. allain: we have been making hip-hop for 15 years. which is quite difficult here in cuba, we been in jail three days once just for make hip-hop. allain: definitely it s a change in cuba but i don t think it s because the relation with the united states are getting better. it s because the people just realize we need to change. we still want a kind of society where everyone participates and everyone is determining the future of the society.
reggaeton and of course hip-hop. anthony: allain garcia is the leader of the santiago-based hip-hop trio t.n.t., la resistencia. allain: we have been making hip-hop for 15 years. which is quite difficult here in cuba, we been in jail three days once just for make hip-hop. allain: definitely it s a change in cuba but i don t think it s because the relation with the united states are getting better. it s because the people just realize we need to change. we still want a kind of society where everyone participates and everyone is determining the future of the society.