DR artiste seeking VI support
In an exclusive interview with Mr. Ramirez, he stated that there are many people here within the VI who discriminate against Dominican Republic nationals. “Yes, it happens everywhere you go but it needs to stop.”
The singer claims that on a scale of 1-10, the support he receives from the VI is a measly 2, “Out of a hundred percent I would say only 20% or less support me.”
“I’ve been here for years and I have worked hard in the Virgin Islands, I would like for people to first find out about my talent and my music before hating.”
He added that some people of the Virgin Islands don’t completely understand what he is saying at times, but he is certain that they would dance to his music when they hear it, “it’s a very lively music the kind they will enjoy.”
El Flaco stated that all he wants is some support from the people who live in the VI. “I want everyone to get together and just give a chance and see what’s going down.”
Through his music, he said that he promotes confidence, motivating people to be confident of themselves and forget about the haters in the world. “I sing about the ladies and what’s going on in the world, I sing about trust, telling people to watch who they hang around.”
Mr. Ramirez has been in the Virgin Islands for the last 15 years and has been singing for nine, where he recorded songs in both Spanish and English.
He declared that his music is a mixture of “Rap meets Hip Hop meets Reggaeton”.
“When I was much younger I had a friend named Jose Leonard who came from the Dominican Republic (DR), and every time he came over to my house he’s always singing and rapping, he told me that he was in a singing group back in DR so immediately I told him that I want to join and I want to be part of it. He taught me how to write music and the fundamentals of music; he taught me how to rap and how to make my music sensible,” Mr.Ramirez said.
The DR man, who writes his own songs, stated that his ideas come from the struggles he goes through day by day, things he saw or things he watched on television. “Sometime I’m just walking and things go through my mind, I keep rhyming and the beat just flow, I record it in my mind until I get a chance to write it down.”
Mr. Ramirez has no albums as yet, but he is working on it in a studio by the name of High Notes Record located in East End, and stated that he needs the support from the people of the Virgin Islands to make the album successful.
In conclusion, Wilkins said that he is not saying that Spanish artists are better than English ones, but things are definitely different. “When we play music we don’t need to record or be in the studio every day, music makes us get together and just start singing, when I was a kid, we use cans and others stuff to make our music.”
Mr. Ramirez will be performing at the Fantasy Club in Tortola on May 19, 2012.
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