Later in the month of the concert, Los Aldeanos' charismatic front man, Aldo Rodriguez, was detained for illegal possession of a computer. Xavier Utset, who ran the program for Creative Associates, saw the arrest as a "perfect test" of whether raising Aldo's profile would keep him out of jail.
Rojas said Aldo Rodriguez, lead singer of Los Aldeanos, had received backing from the Hermanos Saiz Association, a youth culture group with close government ties, and "I don't think he's lost that support."
Aldo Rodriguez, the front man for Los Aldeanos hip-hop group, was detained on at least two occasions, spending a night in jail. A Serbian contractor was detained coming into Havana with equipment, including a potentially incriminating memory stick that worried the contractors. He cut his trip short
But Aldo Rodriguez, the front man for Los Aldeanos hip-hop group, was detained on at least two occasions, spending a night in jail. A Serbian contractor was detained coming into Havana with equipment, including a potentially incriminating memory stick that worried the contractors. He cut his trip sh
Date: Dec 11, 2014
Category: World
Source: Google
How a US agency used Cuba's hip-hop scene to spark youth movement
In communist Cuba, it was a project that could have landed Rajko Bozic in jail. So when he made his pitch to team up with hip-hop artist Aldo Rodriguez, Bozic left out the part about his true intentions -- or that he was working for the U.S. Agency for International Development.