Some Cuba’s most popular urban artists come together to launch strong criticism of the regime and ask for a system change through a song. “No more lying, my people are asking for freedom, no more doctrines. Let’s stop shouting ‘Homeland or death’ but ‘Homeland and life,'” says Alexander Delgado of the Gente de Zona in a snippet on social networks.
Participate in this song for freedom Yotuel Romero, People of the area, Descemer Bueno and rappers living on the island Maykel Osorbo Yes Funky.
The realization of this collaboration was very exciting for the artists: “It was something really deep,” said Yotuel Romero of 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 so you don’t let yourself be who you are.”
The musicians sent a greeting of solidarity to the independent artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, to the San Isidro Movement, 27N, El Funky and Osorbo, with whom they briefly established a connection from Cuba. It appears that the authorities interrupted his access to the internet during the communication.
Descemer Bueno showed up “super happy to make history”. For the singer, this song “marks a before and an after” and will serve to raise awareness among the audience that follows.
Urban music is very popular on the island, especially among young people. In 2020, internationally recognized figures, such as members of the Zone People, openly questioned the dictatorship, which led to them being the target of attacks by the ruling party, which labeled them “mercenaries” and “music terrorists.” ”.
“The ‘homeland and life’ of these shiny black shoes,” Yotuel Romero quipped to present the video, alluding to the regime’s racist comments, which indicate the color of the skin and attribute the success of those artists to education on who received it in Cuba.
“It was an extraordinary responsibility to unite these people who have traveled the world,” he said. Asiel Babastro, the director of the video In which there are images of the San Isidro barracks, of the various activists and even a fragment of the protest carried out by Luis Robles on San Rafael Street in Havana.
“The video shows the honesty of these artists, their speech. We don’t want to be lied to anymore, we want to have the right to think differently, to see a change, not to give up several years of life without a change “, said Babastro.
This song is the sentiment of many Cubans inside and outside Cuba, said Alexander Delgado and stressed that they are not funded by anyone: “this is a heartfelt thing we do for people.”
Delgado called for internalizing the issue and called for further joining the cause of Cuba’s freedom.
“We need to get the world’s attention so that we can put our finger on the system,” Bueno said during the presentation.