Cuban Reggaeton Star Eddy K goes into exile
Apr 11th, 2008 - latinkulta.wordpress.com
Singer Eddy K (Eduardo Mora Hernández) and DJ Tony (José Antonio Suárez) of popular Cuban reggaeton group Eddy K (reggaeton cuartet) decided not to return to Cuba after a tour in Europe during January and February 2008. Among places they visited were Zurich (Switzerland) the 31st of January, which was the release party for Cubaton Music release of 'Cubaton 2'. The first of February they played in Gothenburg (Sweden).They completed the tour before the drop out. Eddy K claims Cuba was'nt big enough for them and that they were afraid of becoming just one of many artists and groups that for a short peroid rises to fame and huge succes in Cuba but now are more or less forgotten. (Such as Cubanitos 20-02, Candyman etc.) Although they claim not to have been censored by the regime they say that there were forces working against them and the whole reggaeton genre in Cuba.
After concerts in Spain they travelled to New York, and from New York finally to Miami, where they are at the moment. Eddy says in his message to the Cuban people that there is no grudge between the two members of the group that did'nt return to Cuba and the two who did, and he says "This has only begun..."