In new war of songs, Miami’s Cuban exiles prefer rappers’ ‘Homeland and Life’
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MIAMI – A group of musicians with a love of rap, hip-hop, reggaeton, and Cuba teamed up to produce a nostalgic song in Spanish to protest the Cuban government’s propaganda. Cuban officials responded with a few songs of their own.
The dissenting musicians, who are mostly in their 30s and 40s, went after the slogan of “Patria o Muerte,” Spanish for “Homeland or Death.” In the song, the rappers say, “Let us no longer shout ‘Homeland and death!’ But, ‘Homeland and life!’”
Four of them are Cuban-American artists: Gente de Zona’s Alexander Delgado and Randy Malcolm, and Yotuel Romero and Descemer Bueno. The other two Maykel “El Osorbo” Castillo, and El Funky de Cuba are members of Havana’s The San Isidro Movement.