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The organizational forces of this phenomenon,
born independently in the capital city’s eastern
section, still impact Cuban culture. Between
2000-2004, its most famous spot was the Alamar
Amphitheater, a stage from which the following
lyrics (the first four lines are base on an old, romantic standard) were rapped: “que te importa
que te ame, si tú no me quieres ya; el amor que ya
ha pasado, no se puede recordar, porque yo nací
en otra época y soy de otra generación; mi corazón no está lleno de dolor y no me gusta el son: a
mí me gusta el rap” [What do you care if I love
you still, since you don’t love me anymore; the
love that’s now gone, cannot be remembered because I was born at another time and belong to a
different generation; my heart is not full of pain
and I don’t like son: I love rap].
From that state at the Alamar Amphitheater, rap
questioned the State’s current ethics and attitude,
and its political, military and