Canserbero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Orama.

Tirone José González Orama (March 11, 1988 – January 20, 2015), known by his stage name Canserbero,^[4] was a Venezuelan rapper, composer, philosopher and activist, considered one of the most significant exponents of independent rap in his country and in the rest of Latin America, among in the history of rap music.^[5][6]

Canserbero
Background information
Birth name	Tirone José González Orama^[1]
Also known as	Tyrone Can Catire El Chamo González El Último Poeta Hardcore
Born	(1988-03-11)March 11, 1988^[2] Caracas, Venezuela
Died	January 20, 2015(2015-01-20) (aged 26) Maracay, Venezuela
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2001–2015
Labels	Independent^[3]
Website	www.elcanserbero.com

Since he was young, he showed interest in music, mainly influenced by reggaeton but, after the murder of his half brother, his musical references changed to more critical genres such as hip hop and hard rock, appreciable in songs like "Es épico".^[7]

Canserbero, throughout his career, released two studio albums as a soloist, Vida (2010) and Muerte (2012) respectively,^[8] and had several notorious songs such as "Pensando en ti", "Es épico", "C'est la mort", "Maquiavélico", among others.^[7] He also participated as a vocalist in several songs of artists from Latin America and Spain as Mala Rodríguez, with whom he recorded a song entitled "Ella" (2013).^[9] In January 2015, Canserbero was found dead after having fallen from an apartment in Maracay. There are several hypotheses about his death.^[6][4]

Career

At the age of eleven, he began performing rap performances under the stage name of Canserbero^{[10][11][12][13]} a jargon of Latinism cerbero dog (in Latin, canis cerberus) meaning "guardian",^[12] an allusion to Cerberus of Greek mythology.^[14]

Personal life

He was born on March 11, 1988, in the General Hospital of Lídice Dr. Jesús Yerena of the city of Caracas, as Tirone José González Orama. He was the son of José Rafael González Ollarves and Leticia Coromoto Oramas.^[12] Later, his parents moved with him to Maracay. In 1997, his mother died and he was left under the care of his father.^[10]

Death

Canserbero died in an apparent murder on January 20, 2015, in Maracay.

On January 20, 2015, Canserbero was found dead in front of his apartment. The artist fell from the tenth floor of the Camino Real building in the Andrés Bello urbanization in Maracay. Initially, some of his close friends maintained that the artist stayed in the apartment of bassist Carlos Molnar, a friend and co-worker, since he had schizophrenia. Molnar was killed that same day by stabbing. On the other hand, the Ombudsman of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, in March of the same year, reopened the case, since there were other additional details that straighten some hypotheses of the "witnesses". The first hypothesis is based on the fact that the kitchen window was made of romanillas and all the glasses were previously removed, which causes intrigue, given the "presumed" psychotic state in which Canserbero was used at the time of launching. [Quote required] "Having taken the romanillas out of the window indicates method, not despair," says the defender, who relies on the sisters' testimony to indicate that the romanillas were not at the time of Canserbero's fall, "but someone put them back later", he said.

While depressed (although family members stated that he did not have any mental illness), he was asked by Carlos Molnar, bassist for Zion TPL, to stay with him.^[15]

Allegedly, Canserbero stabbed Molnar to death and then jumped to his own death from the tenth floor of the building.^[16] However, several members of his family have expressed several doubts regarding the police investigation.^[17]

Activism

In 2013, Canserbero participated in the non-profit organization "24-0", which is based on respect for life and zero violent deaths. "How not to join this noble cause, because as the pianist César López says: even if you think differently, you should never kill people", said Canserbero.

After the death of Canserbero, family and friends created the "Fundación El Canserbero", which focuses on supporting the realization of objectives created under the premise of collective design in communities from literature, sports and various cultural manifestations.^{[clarification needed]}

Politics

Canserbero criticized the Venezuelan government on more than one occasion. He came to define the politics of Chavismo as "a good idea, but with a debatable application", and he even dedicated his own rhymes critically to the former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez. In 2013, he ironized on Twitter: "I'm waiting for Nicolás Maduro to remove the ends of his mustache. Nothing is missing”, alluding to Adolf Hitler. Even one of his many songs, like "De Venezuela" for example, has been taken as a clear opinion about the government. All the criticisms by the rapper, his sociopolitical position, and the inspiration he was creating in listeners of his music, also lead to theories which ensure that he could have been assassinated by the Venezuelan government at that time.

Discography

Studio albums

• 2008 – Can + Zoo Indigos
• 2009 – Guia Para La Accion
• 2010 – Vida
• 2012 – Muerte
• 2013 – Apa y Can
• 2014 – Give Me 5

References

1. . Dateas. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
2. "Canserbero, una vida marcada por la música es la vida comedia tragedia y accion rte" (in Spanish). Globovisión. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015.
3. Discogs.com : VinilH Records Consultado el 5 de noviembre de 2017
4. "Rapero Canserbero se suicida tras asesinar a bajista de Zion TPL". Globovisión (in Spanish). January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
5. "Muere cantante de rap venezolano AK Canserbero". Terra USA. January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
6. "Cantante "Canserbero" se suicidó luego de apuñalar al bajista de Zion". El Nacional. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
7. . El Universal. January 21, 2015. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
8. Márquez, José G. "Canserbero, el guardián del rap se ha ido". El Universal. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
9. "Ella – Canserbero, Mala Rodríguez". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
10. "Tyrone González, un rapero prodigio". El Universal. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
11. "Venezuela's Rising Hip Hop MC el Canserbero Has Serious Rhymes | Music". October 23, 2014.
12. "Canserbero, una vida marcada por la muerte". Globovisión. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
13. "Archivo globovision".
14. . El Periodiquito. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
15. . El País. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
16. "AK Canserbero Dead: Rapper Tirone González Cause of Death Reportedly murdered Bassist". Latin Post. January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
17. Morales, María Alejandra (January 20, 2017). . El Nacional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

External links

• Website in memoriam
• Caserbero Quotes