flamingdem!

will get todo el mundo watching.

I'm especially excited abouty "Bailando" winning Best Urban Song. A break through for mis amigos from Cuba!
Musicians can cooperate across barriers, I expect more going forward, and a lot of people will be celebrating a path to citizenship etc. tonight!

"Musicians can cooperate across barriers.."

https://cubainsidetheworld.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/bailando-in-vegas-and-gente-de-zona-for-the-world/

MIAMI — Alexander Delgado and Randy Malcolm, members of Gente de Zona, have raised Cubans to one of the pinnacles of the musical world. On the night of Nov. 20, when the curtain opens in Las Vegas for the Grammy Latinos awards, the “Bailando” team will be in Paris, doing a series of presentations that have kept them in Europe.

Along with Enrique Iglesias and Descemer Bueno, they’ve garnered four nominations for “Bailando”: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Urban Song and Best Urban Performance. Will they get an award?

These boys began to make music in Alamar, a neighborhood outside Havana. Top-notch “sandungueros,” they come to this Hall of Fame and applause on a global scale. But they don’t forget “where the singers are from.” A Progreso Weekly team talked with them recently.

Randy Malcom: They called me at home at 7 a.m. and I couldn’t believe it. My eyes watered, even. I am super happy. It is not the first time that a Cuban group gets a Grammy — Van Van already have it, and so do Irakere — but no one from this musical generation, in which nobody believed. We’re going to make it happen, to make people understand that, as generations change, so does music.

Alexander Delgado: I think it’s the best song GDZ has ever done, because it propels us to worldwide fame. And with none else than Enrique Iglesias, whom I’ve admired since I was a child.

RM: The song has had more than 500 million hits on YouTube. It’s the most popular Spanish-language song in the history of music — even more popular than “Macarena.”

ML: To the people of Cuba, these four nominations already represent an award. They are a recognition of your talent and perseverance. Will this new step in your careers make a change in GDZ’s projection?

AD: It does, in the sense that the group now has an international projection; it is among the most popular groups in urban music worldwide. In this case, we are entering the level of the world’s top-ranking artists. From now on, what we need to do is to continue to work and hold on to the rating we have reached.

it will be mentioned other than the connection to Obama's speech.

Demographics por favor!

mentioned during the broadcast.

Seems unplanned since it made Univision delay the Grammys, but maybe it would get more attention for all involved with that "timing" error.

The Castros seem to be pretty bad at being ruthless brutal terrorist dicktaters.

@petesouza: Instagram of President Obama in the East Room where he will deliver his Address to the Nation on immigration at 8pm

Game Changerrrrr cool and calm as usual