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Osmani García
Background information
Birth nameOsmani García González Kats
Born(1981-05-22)22 May 1981(age 43)
Guanabacoa,Havana,Cuba
GenresCubatón
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
InstrumentVocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsEGREM

Osmani "La Voz" García González Kats(born May 22, 1981 inGuanabacoa) is aCubanreggaeton(cubatón) rapper and singer.

Biography

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García participated in the National Festival of Cuba and at 19, he received several awards in various categories at which point he began to sing professionally.[1]

He co-foundedEl Duo de Cristalin 2001, who wrote their own songs, and combined Cuban styles with international pop. They played three domestic Cuban tours, reached #1 in the Cuban charts and appeared on youth music programs such asA Moverse,Super 12,De mi pa tiandMezcla.[1]

Hits includedMujer quien eres tú,as well asMujerwhich was used forpublic service messagesonCuban televisionpromotingInternational Women's DayandMother's Day.[1]

In early 2006 he joined the groupPaulo FGand Eliteand also performed in the Festival Internacional deCaliinColombia,sharing the stage withMaelo Ruíz.[1]

He has also shared the stage withChucho Valdés,Los Van Van,Tata Güines,Charanga Habanera,Gente de Zona,José Luis Cortes andNG La Banda,andManolito Simonet.In 2008, García set out on his own writing and producing his own material under the production ofDJ Nando Pro.In this project he collaborated with vocalist José "El Pillo", guitaristArmando Peláezand DJ and background vocalistRoly Stereo.[1]

In March 2012 García arrived in Miami to do a 14-city tour of the United States.[2]

Controversy and banning ofChupi Chupi

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His songChupi Chupi,an "unabashed ode to oral sex", was denounced in November 2011 by Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto, and Cuban Institute of Music President Orlando Vistelas, as degenerate.[3][4]García made headlines by writing a letter of complaint back to the Minister.[2]

Dr. María Córdova, Professor of Music and Art also criticized the song in theCuban Communist PartydailyGranma (newspaper),in the article "Vulgarity in our music: the choice of the 'Cuban people'?" (La vulgaridad en nuestra música: ¿una elección del 'pueblo cubano?'),[5]arguing that such songs are offensive because of theirmachismoas well as

"reducing sexual relations to the level at which a prostitute would have them. Vulgarity has never been the essence of Cuban music; examples of this are too many to count... Music is not always art, and not everything that sounds like music is valid from an artistic point of view".

A few days prior to that the Cuban state criticized reggaeton (cubatón) music in general, and recommended a "low" level of broadcasting of songs of the genre.[6]

The song's video was nominated in several categories for the November 2011Premios Lucas(Cuban video music awards).[7][8]

As of March 2012 the song was still banned from the Cuban airwaves by theCuban Institute of Radio and Television.

Discography

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Album "El Malcriao"

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  • Intro
  • La malcria
  • Acaríciame
  • Hacer el amor(feat. La Sociedad)
  • No me enamoro(feat.Gente de Zona)
  • Deja la locura(feat. Los Cuatro Jose El Pillo)
  • Tú me hieres(feat. Laritza Bacallao)
  • Loca(feat. Jose El Pillo Leoni Torres)
  • Gira que te veo fija(feat. A.Daniel Jose El Pillo)
  • Nada contigo
  • No es culpa tuya
  • Mujer

Others

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  • Chupi chupi
  • El pudín
  • Se me va la musa
  • Fue suyo el error
  • Ella es mía
  • La putería
  • Mi amiguito el pipi
  • Pegua la vuelta (y olvídame)
  • El taxi(feat.PitbullandSensato)

References

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  1. ^abcdeCubatón official marketing site
  2. ^ab""Osmani García" La Voz "llega el lunes a Miami",La Nación Dominicana,March 23, 2012 ".Archived fromthe originalon May 12, 2012.RetrievedApril 2,2012.
  3. ^"Partido ataca vulgaridad en la música cubana",El Nuevo Herald(Miami), November 24, 2011
  4. ^"Cuba: Reggaeton Hit ‘Chupi Chupi' Denounced by Authorities",Global Voices,7 December 2011
  5. ^"La vulgaridad en nuestra música: ¿una elección del" pueblo cubano? ",Granma,23 noviembre 2011
  6. ^""Cuba quiere difusión de" muy bajo perfil "para reggaeton",El Comercio(Ecuador), 8 noviembre 2011 ".Archived fromthe originalon May 9, 2013.RetrievedApril 3,2012.
  7. ^"El chupi chupi, el reguetón que aviva polémica en Cuba",El Universo(Guayaquil), 24 noviembre 2011
  8. ^"Opiniones encontradas sobre el género del reguetón",Prensa Libre(Guatemala), 27 noviembre 2011
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