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anthony: so, now you can make money performing? allain: yeah. anthony: you can, maybe, make money selling, uh allain: cds in the streets. but, actually, right now more possibilities are coming. when the opportunity to, like, promote the music, when the opportunity to have access to internet, free access, i mean. anthony: that s going to be the biggest thing. allain: yeah. if you want to spend your holidays properly in cuba, just come down to santiago. we ve got a couple things to show to the world. anthony: cheers, man. allain: cheers, man. por santiago! let s get the one with the candy canes. well, you know, the wrapping paper doesn t make the holidays. it s what s inside that counts. it s a phone for mom. okay, well, it s also what s inside the phone that counts, too. circuits? no, the network. so the network is inside the phone? well, no, the network s around the phone. ....
anthony: vo allain garcia is the leader of the santiago-based hip-hop trio t.n.t., la resistencia. allain: we have been making hip-hop for 15 years. which is quite difficult here in cuba, we been in jail three days once just for make hip-hop. allain: definitely it s a change in cuba but i don t think it s because the relation with the united states are getting better. it s because the people just realize we need to change. we still want a kind of society where everyone participates and everyone is determining the future of the society. anthony: so, born and bred in santiago, where the good rum ....
Comes from? allain: exactly. anthony: so, tell me, music business in santiago. what, what are you doing? allain: music here is more important than a plate of food for people. when it s carnival, sometimes the people doesn t have money for proper food, but they ve got money for a jar of beer. and just enjoying that beer in . anthony: how much american hip-hop do you get here? allain: we get, actually, quite a lot. it s by friends. someone who came from outside. then when passed to me and passed to my friends, and that s it. it s hand by hand. in the beginnings, in the 90s, we started making hip-hop here and we got a lot of talks. hip-hop came from the states. they re like everlasting enemy of the revolution. anthony: right. allain: so, you re making a music, a protest music. anthony: right. allain: so, we ve been a couple times in jail just for songs. anthony: so, now you can make money performing? allain: yeah. anthony: you can, maybe, make money selling, uh ....
But, actually, right now more possibilities are coming. when the opportunity to, like, promote the music, when the opportunity to have access to internet, free access, i mean. anthony: that s going to be the biggest thing. allain: yeah. if you want to spend your holidays properly in cuba, just come down to santiago. we ve got a couple things to show to the world. anthony: cheers, man. allain: cheers, man. por santiago! copd makes it hard to breathe. ....
anthony: so, born and bred in santiago, where the good rum comes from? allain: exactly. anthony: so, tell me, music business in santiago. what, what are you doing? allain: music here is more important than a plate of food for people. when it s carnival, sometimes the people doesn t have money for proper food, but they ve got money for a jar of beer. and just enjoying that beer in a place with music. anthony: how much american hip-hop do you get here? allain: we get, actually, quite a lot. it s by friends. someone who came from outside. then when passed to me and passed to my friends, and that s it. it s hand by hand. in the beginnings, in the 90s, we started making hip-hop here and we got a lot of talks. hip-hop came from the states. they re like everlasting enemy of the revolution. anthony: right. allain: so, you re making a music, a protest music. anthony: right. ....