March 08, 2007
Another Cubiche Done Good Story
Here's yet another cuban exile success story, this time from the Miami New Times:
A Sort of HomecomingBy Tamara Lush
Published: March 8, 2007
Malecón. Just the word makes Lazaro Perez — a.k.a. Lashy — homesick.Lashy performs at the Calle Ocho Festival this Sunday, March 11, at 2 p.m. on the Telemundo/Canal 51 stage in the
Subject(s): Calle Ocho, Lashy "Malecón, Malecón, Malecón. What a special place, especially at night, woooow," says reggaeton artist Lashy, in a lilting accent. The Arizona-based Cuban transplant is performing at the Calle Ocho Festival this Sunday, and spoke with New Times on the phone earlier this week.The famed Havana sea wall is where Lashy got his musical start. As a teenager in the late Eighties and early Nineties, he played congas and sang on the Malecón, harmonizing with the ocean waves as they crashed nearby. Every day, he would dream of crossing that ocean to make music in the United States, just like his idol, Celia Cruz.
Posted by Val Prieto at March 8, 2007 02:49 PM
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