Miami, United States. – The young urban artist Anthony, known as Anthy L13, died on Sunday night April 20 in a traffic accident in the Cuban capital. Originally from San Miguel del Padrónthe adolescent was part of the musical duo El Versa and Anthy L13, emerging in the genre of the cast, widely consumed among the island’s youth.
The news of his death It was released in the Instagram account “Grammy Cubanos”a platform dedicated to promoting distribution artists. The page also shared images that showed a crowd gathered at the site of the incident, although no specific details were offered about the circumstances of the accident.
El Versa, Anthy L13 artistic companion, shared A message After knowing the news: “Everything we promised will be fulfilled and from above you will laugh with the same joy of always.”
For his part, a young woman close to the singer wrote: “This year was yours … you had a life ahead. I had the opportunity to meet you, give you the best tips and be there for you, today I feel broken.” He added that both worked on an unpublished subject that will now keep as a posthumous tribute.
The Versa and Anthy L13 had begun to capture the attention of the public on platforms such as YouTube, with topics such as Who picks them up (more than 9,500 views), He told me, Patipolvo, party party and Pikt vs. Piktthe latter launched a few weeks before the tragic accident. The proposal of both mixed street lyric, danceable rhythms and a fresh aesthetic that began to position them as ascent referents within the Cuban musical panorama.
The death of Anthy L13 occurs just a month after the murder of another young exponent of the cast, Mulañé, 23, in the beach municipality. His death generated a strong shock in the urban scene and revived the debate on the risks and violence that many young artists face in the country.