With the arrival of El Funky, the only artist from Patria y vida not to be found in the US is Maykel Osorbo.
The Cuban rapper Eliécer Márquez Duany, better known as El Funky, one of the interpreters of the song Homeland and life, a candidate for two Latin Grammys, arrived in Miami to attend the gala of those awards with her colleagues on November 18 in Las Vegas (USA).
With the arrival of El Funky, who received an invitation letter from a group of artists against communism accepted by the immigration authorities, the only artist of Homeland and life who is not in the US is Maykel Osorbo.
El Osorbo has been imprisoned since last May in a Cuban jail, where he goes on a hunger strike.
Yotuel Romero, author of the song, went to Miami International Airport on Sunday night to receive El Funky, whom he did not know personally, and both embraced effusively and spoke in front of the cameras.
The singer of the group Orishas indicated that the nominations for Homeland and life at the Latin Grammys they are important for the artists who participate in the song but “more so for the Cuban people” who took to the streets in July to ask for freedom.
The other artists in the project are Alexander Delgado and Randy Malcom, members of the duo Gente de Zona, and Descemer Bueno.
‘Patria y vida’, the song that has become the anthem of the protests in Cuba
The song, which has accumulated almost 9 million views on YouTube since it came out last February, calls for changes in Cuba and in its chorus says to the regime: “It’s over.”
“He is received by many Cubans who are going to love him, they are going to love him very much, and above all he goes directly to Las Vegas to the awards. He who is a rapper who loves his music. We must continue working for the freedom of Cuba and stay focused, stay put. We still have Maykel Osorbo and many more political prisoners, “said Romero.
Funky is one of the most popular faces of the San Isidro Movement, together with the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, currently incarcerated in a high security Cuban prison.
Romero launched a social media campaign last month to get rappers Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, who live in Cuba and the former is in prison, to attend the Latin Grammy awards gala.
Homeland and life, the “anthem” of the protests that broke out in Cuba on July 11, It is nominated in two categories: best song and best urban song.
“Imagine what it would be especially like for #freemaykelosorbo who is imprisoned for singing the song #patriayvida who could be sitting on that award that night and hearing his name among the nominees,” he wrote when launching the Romero campaign. (I)
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