Mexico City, Mexico-.The controversial rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine and the Cuban Lenier Table They have told how the collaboration between them arose that since yesterday occupies headlines.
The song “Living Legend” was written by the New York rapper and tells his life story and how difficult his childhood was due to his parents’ divorce and poverty. How does Lenier arrive at this topic?
According to what they both told on the television program “El gordo y la Flanca” they were introduced by a mutual friend, who is very supportive of the island’s music.
“I told our mutual friend that I don’t sing like Lenier. He really sings, he sounds like that without the machine, and when I saw him sing live, in front of me I knew it. He is a very talented person,” Tekashi assured.
Previously, the New Yorker was familiar with Lenier’s work, and had even dedicated the song “Tell me how I pay you” to his mother, written by the Cuban.
The Cuban, winner of two Grammy awards, added that he is grateful for the opportunity to interpret this self-referential song with the Brooklyn rapper.
One day after its premiere the video clip of “Living Legend” It has 2,725,268 views on YouTube. As the main location of the clip, the artist chose the municipality of Viñales in Pinar del Río. In that town he gave money, as he usually does, to the residents.
These images have had a mixed reception. On the one hand, many users have described it as humiliating, while others have appreciated the gesture. In the images Takeshi is seen wrapped in the Cuban flag giving away hundred-dollar bills, without this being frowned upon by the political police while that same body keeps the activist locked up anniette gonzalez for taking photos with the flag and Luis Manuel Otero was sentenced for “Insulting the patriotic symbols”
In addition, another of the controversies that the song has unleashed is how the foreigner was able to enter Cuba and film the audiovisual, when Mesa cannot because he had been critical of the government.
Tekashi’s scandals and crimes
Daniel Hernández, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was released from prison in 2021 after being prosecuted for a series of violent crimes.
The rapper pleaded guilty to racketeering, firearms possession and drug trafficking charges related to several shootings and assaults in New York City. His sentence was five years (he served less than two inmates) thanks to his reporting on his former associates in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang.
Previously, in 2015, the author of “Gooba” pleaded guilty to one count of felony sexual abuse of minors. Charges were filed against Hernández for having sexual contact with a child under 13 when he was 18. In addition, he distributed videos of the crime online.
His most recent controversy was during the World Baseball Classic, in the game between Mexico and Puerto Rico. He was ejected from the stands for blocking the vision of other spectators.
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