Freemuse: Cuba: Two hip-hop musicians arrested (original) (raw)
| NEWS03 October 2011 |
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| Cuba: Two hip-hop musicians arrested |
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| **Julito and El Primario, two hip-hop musicians who have popularized songs defiantly against the Cuban government and who started a label called Sin Censura Records (Without Censorship Records), were arrested at an anti-government protest.**21-year-old Julito (real name: Julio León Fonseca), and 22-year-old El Primario (real name: Rodolfo Ramírez Hernández) are rappers and singers from the underground movement of hip-hop in Havana. They were arrested for taking part in a demonstration which took place in the outskirts of the Cuban capital Havana near a State Security building in the neighborhood of Marianao.The protesters planned to gather at the site to demand the release of dissidents Marta Fonseca Sara and her husband Julio Ignacio Leon.Both singers were released the following day, according to a Twitter message from the journalist Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez. |  Julito and El Primario  Cuba |
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| Interview with Julito and El Primario“This interview with Julito and El Primario – protest musicians and opponents of the Castro regime – demonstrates the fear that the regime has of the Cuban youth. Their testimonies exemplify the continued harassment and repression of their families,” states the Spanish text for this video on YouTube.com |
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