José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívarbetter known as ‘The Taiger‘died last October 10 as a result of a bullet impact in the head in Miami.
Carlos Alfaro, representative of the reggaeton singershared details to EFE where he said that the musician of Cuban origin was found in the back of a truck and taken, from the emergency room, to a hospital where he was hospitalized for about a week.
What was ‘El Taiger’s’ last goodbye like?
Last October 25, the ashes of ‘The Taiger‘were repatriated to Havanathis thanks to the artist’s cousin, the musician Jorge ‘Junior’ Hernández, who was in charge of transporting the famous man’s remains, a decision that, as explained in social networkswas based on what the popular delivery driver would have wanted, “the final rest with his parents in Cuba,” he told the agency. EFE.
The last goodbye of the interpreter of ‘Esa Mujer’ was also accompanied by a group of his followers who sang his songs as a tribute, this in the area of the El Sauce Cultural Center, where the public funeral of the artist of popular music.
He reggaeton singer He is known for his successful songs like ‘El papelito’, ‘Esa mujer’, ‘Me kemaste’, ‘La historia’ and ‘Secreto’, but he was not based on the island, he lived in Miami in recent years. It was in that city that two funeral ceremonies were held.
However, it would not be the only funeral rite of The Taigerthe Cuban Institute of Music reported this Friday that at “family request”, the Carbajal’s ashes They would be veiled in an “intimate ceremony, in the Juan Formel room, of the El Sauce state Cultural Center in Havana and later they will be deposited in the Colón necropolis,” according to EFE.
Who was ‘The Taiger’?
The Taiger He began his artistic career at an early age, in 2006, at the age of 17, when he joined a group called Los 40, led by his cousin.
He belonged to the musical genre called ‘reparto’ which is the Cuban version of the reggaetonbut mixed with other rhythms such as timba, indicated EFE.
His success led him to collaborate with other recognized figures of urban music such as Bryant Myers, J Balvin and Bad Bunny.
Despite criticism from musicologists and the controversy caused by his popular songs‘El Taiger’ popularized the cast and with that way of interpret the music He gained many followers, especially because of the themes of his lyrics which reflected the ‘complicated’ reality of people who live in Cuba.
