Cuban artist Yotuel announced in an interview with EFE the return of Orishas in 2024, the group with which he became famous and which made him one of the leading artists of the urban movement on the island.
“We will be back next year. We are preparing a new album. I am very happy to be back with the Orishas,” said Yotuel.
The trio became famous in 1999, with unpublished musical proposal which combined traditional music Cuban with hip-hop and rap.
Yotuel and Ruzzo Medina were former members of the pioneering band hip hop Cuban, Threatwhile Roldán González was the voice of the traditional group Rico Son.
Despite the distance between the members, who lived in different European cities (Madrid and Paris), Orishas sold millions of albums abroad, with a total of six albums study and five productions short
His albums “Emigrante”, “El Kilo” and “Gourmet” received nominations for Grammyand his devotion to letters critics and outstanding collaborations, such as “Pal Norte” with Calle 13, made them the most representative figures of Cuban hip-hop in global scope.
“We will all be Cubans”, he hinted at the new phase of the trio. The replacements will be an artist who lives in Spain and another who is in the United States, he said, without giving further details.
However, in social networks It is speculated that it is about the rapper Hugo González, known as Doble 9, and Enyel Cuba, a sonero from Madrid.
“For now, I’d rather focus on celebrating that video Homeland and life He was nominated for a Latin Grammy. It is a new call for attention to the situation that the Cuban people are experiencing, especially Osorbo, our partner in the project,” said Yotuel.
The artist reminded that the rapper Maykel Osorbo has been in prison in Cuba since May 2021, and in June 2022 he was sentenced to 9 years in prison for “insulting the symbol of the country, contempt and public order”.
“Everything that is happening with ‘Patria and Vida’ is a warning to injustice who lives and abuses from dictatorship in Cuba,” said Yotuel.
He indicated that he would travel to Seville to attend the awards ceremony. Latin Grammywhich will be held on 16.11.