Lil González, daughter of the Cuban comedian Cuquita La Mora, posted a video on Instagram where she plays music for her grandmother Gladys Jáuregui to see her reaction, and the result couldn't have been more striking.
The clip, titled "Didn’t Get the Vibe," shows Lil introducing his grandmother to several songs from the genre, intending to demonstrate that "people her age can also enjoy current music."
Gladys, however, did not take a minute to make her position clear: "That is vulgarity!"
Far from backing down, the lady intensified her criticism and reached a definitive conclusion: "That's not music. That's violence. That's why the youth are so violent."
He also questioned the lack of instruments in the genre: "It has no piano, it has no beautiful instrument. Everything is just chiki chiki, chiki chiki alone."
When Lil tried to defend one of the artists by arguing that he did not speak literally when he mentioned hitting "with the axe," the old woman did not accept the reasoning either.
At the end of the video, the young woman resorted to her last argument: mentioning the singer El Químico, presenting him as one of her favorites and highlighting his physical appeal. Gladys's response was undeniable: "What makes him handsome if what he says is nonsense?"
The phrase that resonated most with the followers was "Refínate," which the 73-year-old grandmother directed at her granddaughter, instantly becoming the most talked-about quote from the video.
Followers reacted with a mix of humor and nostalgia.
"How beautiful! She’s fixing her hair," pointed out an internet user.
"Your grandmother says: 'that's why youth are so violent,' and then she gives you a slap," wrote a user.
Another commented, "I agree with grandma on everything."
One room was more reflective: "The grandmother understood everything from the beginning; the music has become monotonous rhythms, meaningless and vulgar lyrics."
Several followers also revealed that Gladys was a high school teacher in Cuba, which added a layer of warmth to the moment.
Gladys arrived in the United States in July 2023 thanks to the Humanitarian Parole program, reuniting with her daughter and granddaughter in Miami after years of separation.
A few days later, her daughter shared images of the three of them happily enjoying laughter, hugs, jokes, stories, dancing, market shopping, and watching movies in bed.
"I don't know who is happier here, my little monkey daughter of her father, my piece of mother, or I. Without words," said the artist at that time.
Reparto is an urban musical genre that emerged in Cuba around 2007 in popular neighborhoods, combining guaguancó, Cuban timba, and reggaetón. It developed outside the official channels of the regime, spreading among young people without promotion on state television or radio.
The debate over their explicit lyrics and their influence on youth has been dividing the Cuban community both on and off the Island for years, and Lil's video summarized it in less than three minutes.
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