if you want artists to be at the level of michelangelo then you have to have a society that allows people to spend all their time practicing and making art without worrying about making money.
🫓 Beto from Rawayana named over a dozen Venezuelan artists in a rhymed acceptance speech at the gringo Grammys.
The message: Venezuelans should keep their heads high y que viva Venezuela en esta mierda caballero.
Esto es lo que pasa cuando no entiendes el Caribe y lo inusual que es la vida en el. Esto a mi me da nostalgia, me brinda recuerdos y felicidad. Me da vida entre tanto caos en la colonia. Ustedes jamás entenderán.
I need people to realize that rock is a Black genre. Its roots are deeply tied to the innovations of Black artists like Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Little Richard. It’s not about ‘joining’ the genre, it’s about reclaiming a legacy that was whitewashed.