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| Silvito El Libre, the rapper son by Silvio Rodriguez |
Although it is too early to know if he will ever use words like arrebol, colibrí and sortilegio in his rhymes, the truth is that Silvito el Libre, the son of Silvio Rodríguez, is making a strong impact with Tribu Mokoya (a rap group from the island).
Silvito "El libre" is the name chosen by Rodríguez's son, perhaps to differentiate himself from his father, who despite having been a rebel against the Castro regime in his early years later became a supporter of the regime.
«What I'm recording is not for parties / what I'm recording is a protest"says his song "Háblame" which in recent weeks has had a resurgence thanks to social networks in Latin America, despite being from early 2012.
«Tell me about the deserters who have escaped from you. Why can't I think like you? Tell me what the Chinese want in their contract and tell me why I want to break the television. Talk about revolution without prostitution.These are some of the phrases from the song that takes down Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl and all the myths of Cuban socialism, with the merit of being composed and sung from Cuba.
There is no subject that is forgotten in the list of those about which these young artists ask Fidel Castro - without naming him - to speak to them: the fall from grace of former allies such as General Ochoa, the mysterious death of Camilo Cienfuegos - a charismatic leader who could have overshadowed Fidel's name - the Cubans who died trying to flee the island, the desertions, the harassment of dissidents such as Yoani Sánchez and Guillermo Fariñas, the contrast between the deprivations suffered by the vast majority and the luxury in which the nomenklatura lives, the return of prostitution that the regime boasted of having completely eradicated, the persecution of homosexuals, the censorship of artists, the shortages in hospitals and the pretension of directing the life of each and every Cuban.
"Why do you think you are Jesus?", they ask.
And they ask:
«Tell me about yourself, your tricks, your stupidities,
And of a communism fused with your interests
From the hatred that grows from hearing you talk so much nonsense
And of misery because the people do not deserve it"
In an interview (uploaded on the page My Space by Silvito) quickly talks about his dad —”I never wanted anyone to have much to do with what I do, I am alone in this, he respects my work and I try to be as independent as possible, I don't say anything uncertain in my songs so I sleep peacefully, each to his own".
In addition to Silvito "el Libre", the group of rappers includes Bárbaro El Urbano Vargas, Charly Mucha Rima, Aldo (from Los Aldeanos), El Ejército, El Cepero, El Loco, Escuadrón Patriota, Soandry (from Hermanos de Causa) and Macabro XII (from Venezuela). Health, lack of attention and other tribulations are part of a lyric of more than ten minutes that must be heard to be understood in all its context.
Sources: Caracas Diary, The Observer of Uruguay, Penúltimos Días.com, Silvito el Libre’s My Space.
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