There is a very young generation of Argentine artists who are lucky to have Cazzu there before them.. He paved the way and showed them the way, almost with maternal love. The artist was and is a strong female reference in the now hugely popular urban scene of her home country Argentina, of which she is an indispensable part to understanding her current greatness. like stars Nicky Nicole and Maria Becerra among others.
“I wish it had been easier, but someone had to clear the land. I’m glad it’s me because I imagine more fragile people in my place… Think about it! If being the first hurt me…” , Cazzu (Juliet Emilia Cazzuchelli, 28 years old) with this diary. “I’ve always been interested in protecting them in some way. It’s not easy for them to come on so quickly. It’s not easy to have that many male colleagues. It’s not easy,” he adds.
It was not easy to break the Argentine trap wave in a country that lives on rock and cumbia. Prejudice attacked all pioneers, a movement that started in squares, freestyle battles, similar to what had happened in Spain a few years ago. Parallel scenes about the need to scream for generations that intersect now and find themselves with a dark present and a directly dark future. “When there are fewer vehicles, one gets more creative. If this happened in Spain, you are first world… We are third and getting worse,” he says.
It was even more difficult for a woman, and Cazzu always fought to keep the ‘new’ on solid ground.. “The main thing was for women to have a safe place,” says the artist, always focused on empowerment through action and discourse.
Beyond her stylistic criticism, she also had to deal with the aesthetic pressure of being a female artist who decided to confront the canons. abundance tattoos in his body, constant ‘appearance’ changes, extravagance… “I was born with a socially accepted body, but aesthetically, I was always a person who liked the weird and extravagant. I am proud to offer something aesthetic that has nothing to do with being cute and beautiful. It is very difficult to be in an environment like the one we live in and not to falter in the face of aesthetic pressures,” she says.
Boss
Initially, Cazzu played cumbia, switched to reggaeton and excelled in trap. “The Cumbia business was always so dark. So I said, ‘OK, fuck everything, I’m going to do the genres that I really like whether they work or not,’” he says. And now he has a solid career starting with ‘.Mad‘ (2018), theme with two pioneers of the Argentine urban scene Khea Y Duki. Many times she saw herself in this situation: being the only woman in a song with several artists. “I’m a little patient person when it comes to a disrespectful man,” she slips.
Jazzu was quickly nicknamed boss of the trapnickname you feel comfortable with and with little attention you will see why. “I was fighting back then so they wouldn’t call me. Queen. to doSome do one thing right and have to be queens by now, right?‘ she asks. On her latest album ‘Nena trap’, there’s exactly one song called ‘Jefa’ that perfectly sums up what Cazzu is: “Boss of the whole block; I keep empowering without fear or sadness; mine is ‘bad’; no deal there’s a lead”.